How Television Affects Your Children

  • How television can harm your child…
  • Causes eye problems
  • Causes hearing problems
  • Leads to aggressive behavior
  • Increased chance of developing ADHD
  • Increased chance of developing obesity
  • Impairs emotional development
  • Impairs language development
  • Destroys social skills
  • Destroys creativity and imagination

How to prevent these negative things from happening to your child…

First, make sure your child doesn’t have the TV volume high, don’t allow them to sit close to the TV, and discourage eating junk food while watching TV. It is very easy to do these few things and it quickly eliminates three negative side effects of TV watching.

Children absorb what they see and often copy it. Therefore, if your child is watching inappropriate shows, they may act inappropriately. They won’t understand that it is wrong, they will think what they see on TV is good and right. This is one reason you have to monitor or control …

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