TV Makes Toddlers Rotten
Most child psychologists agree that TV is damaging to young children and a new study proves it.
A new U.S. study shows that watching television makes toddlers more likely to kick and scream, and the longer the exposure to TV the worse the behavior. Even having the TV on in the background also can cause disruptive behavior, even if the child wasn't watching it.
Researcher Jennifer Manganello from the University at Albany, New York, cautioned parents to "limit the time that children use TV, pay attention to the content of TV programs, and consider how TV is used throughout the home."'
The study included 3,128 women from 20 U.S. cities who had a child between 1998 and 2000. Two-thirds of the mothers said their three-year-old watched more than two hours of TV a day, and the average viewing time for children was around three hours. On average, the TV was on for about five additional hours on a typical day.
After accounting for factors such as living in a violent neighborhood, watching TV was still found to be strongly linked to behavior such as hitting others, having angry moods, being disobedient, and screaming a lot.
The researchers didn't really try to determine why television caused misbehavior and failed to consider the neurological impact of TV on children's brains. Studies have shown that TV and video games causes abnormal brain waves in children and that the effect persists for hours after exposure. Studies have also shown that very young children can't tell the difference between reality and television.
Children younger than age 4 should simply not be exposed to television at all and those older than 4 should only watch non-violent programs and for limited time periods. Parking toddlers in front of a TV robs them of their intelligence, causes long-term learning disabilities and induces emotional and behavioral problems.
The current generation of people who grew up on TV are less intelligent and substantially more dysfunctional than previous generations. They lack the ability to concentrate for extended periods of time and are much more compulsive.
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Most child psychologists agree that TV is damaging to young children and a new study proves it.
A new U.S. study shows that watching television makes toddlers more likely to kick and scream, and the longer the exposure to TV the worse the behavior. Even having the TV on in the background also can cause disruptive behavior, even if the child wasn't watching it.
Researcher Jennifer Manganello from the University at Albany, New York, cautioned parents to "limit the time that children use TV, pay attention to the content of TV programs, and consider how TV is used throughout the home."'
The study included 3,128 women from 20 U.S. cities who had a child between 1998 and 2000. Two-thirds of the mothers said their three-year-old watched more than two hours of TV a day, and the average viewing time for children was around three hours. On average, the TV was on for about five additional hours on a typical day.
After accounting for factors such as living in a violent neighborhood, watching TV was still found to be strongly linked to behavior such as hitting others, having angry moods, being disobedient, and screaming a lot.
The researchers didn't really try to determine why television caused misbehavior and failed to consider the neurological impact of TV on children's brains. Studies have shown that TV and video games causes abnormal brain waves in children and that the effect persists for hours after exposure. Studies have also shown that very young children can't tell the difference between reality and television.
Children younger than age 4 should simply not be exposed to television at all and those older than 4 should only watch non-violent programs and for limited time periods. Parking toddlers in front of a TV robs them of their intelligence, causes long-term learning disabilities and induces emotional and behavioral problems.
The current generation of people who grew up on TV are less intelligent and substantially more dysfunctional than previous generations. They lack the ability to concentrate for extended periods of time and are much more compulsive.
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