Should parents limit the amount of television their children watch? I think this question is really important for people nowadays but whether we realize it or not, TV plays a very important role in our life. I suppose that television ration box has a lot of pluses and minuses, drawbacks and advantages. On the other hand, TV is a main source of information, a cheap form of entertainment for people and also for children. Television is the window on the world which gives children an opportunity to "travel” all over the world, to "meet” different people and to learn about their customs and traditions. Beside the fact that TV has the power to educate and broaden our minds, it helps not only children but also their parents to relax after a hard day’s work and escape from reality. But despite the fact that TV is helpful, parents have a really big problem like being hooked on TV. Their children can also have such problems. And in this situation TV makes children lazier, they stay at home instead of going out. They read less, think less and even talk less. So, in this case television ration box is really helpful and parents should limit the amount of television their children watch. Parents should teach their children to control television and use it intelligently. Another question: Why is TV so interesting for children and has television improved in Russia over the last ten years? A lot of people think that television in Russia has improved over the last ten years. However, there are people who think it has got worse. Just ten years ago the only television channels were a couple of state-owned stations. Nowadays, you can find lots of interesting channels, some of them specialize in different kinds of programs: cartoons, sport, movies, music and so on. You can have this great variety of programs both on your normal TV set and cable television. There are a great variety of programs on TV: news and sports programs, talk shows and TV games, documentaries and feature films, concerts and theatre performances. So, you can choose what you want to see more and what you are interested in more. However, if you think that television is the first helper in education, you are mistaken. Although lots of channels show documentaries and cultural programs, these kinds of programs take little time. To be honest, there are fewer educational programs nowadays because all the broadcasting time is full of talk shows and so on. There are also fewer programs about art and music because advertisers have found that these programs attract only a small audience. Though television has improved over the last ten years, changed the choice of programs, people's tastes, in my opinion it does not provide as much information as it used to.
I agree with charter.It's very often children watch such useless TV-shous and chanels that they don't develop because of it.But at the same time people necessary to watch TV: news, intelectual prougrams, sport.
Hi, people. May be it`s funny, but i have a problem! My grandfather is drug...No, he does not take drugs like heroin, cocaine or smoke pot. He is watching TV now in the room next door. It`s his main occupation every day and every night. Even every morning and evening 7 days a week. He is a retiree now and I can understand his situation(old age is not a bed of roses), but I remember the time when he was a chief of the rather famous company in our town. And even there, in his office, there was flicked on TV. And it does not matter if there were a conference or other important measure. Today it is still the most important thing in his life.To watch TV.Only! He does not want anything. He likes watching TV better than walking with family, fishing or playing chess. I do not say that he is inadequate at all, sometimes he is easy to get in touch with our members of family Now it`s 2 p.m., I shall finish my weepy story and go to bed. But in the next room my grandfather is watching TV and he will do it all night. And tomorrow... and the day after tomorrow...and next year he will do the same...)
Well, in my opinion, TV today is manipulated by people in power and by commercial needs. At the same time, it is a reflection of what is going on in society. Russian TV today is a most effective means of controlling people's minds and social behaviour. TV nowadays is being challenged by the Internet but a lot of population are still influenced by TV. But it is changing with the advent of the Internet.
I also think that parents should limit the amount of television their children watch. I have three main reasons: 1) too much television is harmful for children's health; 2) many TV programms are dangerous for children's psyche; 3) children may be come cleverer than their parents :D. Children unfortunately can't filter information from TV. So it is bad for their personality. For example, if my children watch a movie about knights, they will run around the flat and fight with each other. If they watch the cartoon Lion King, they will play like the cartoon characters and drop each other from a rock (the sofa), all traumatic effects included. At these moments I can't stop them. This is such a great influence after watching TV. Since I have three little children, it is a big problem for our family.
