Negative Effects Of Tv On Children

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Children in today’s society need to be encouraged to watch less TV and use their imagination more. Kids are developing bad habits and with limits they won’t be prone to developing those habits.Young kids need good role models and it is their responsibility to make sure that if they decide to watch shows then they should be appropriate.Television is very harmful to children everywhere in the world and kids are suffering because of TV at a young age. Today in our society young kids ' enjoy watching many hours of TV every day. Television has an effect on children that watch a lot of it. When kids are watching TV they think that it might be, rest time or snack time. What they don’t realize is that when they watch tv and eat, they aren’t exercising they are just sitting there eating. Therefor,this is how obesity rates increase in young children that aren’t active.(Dowshen) When children watch tv at a young age it will affect them when they …show more content…
There are many places to start to get children on the right path so that this doesn 't happen to them. Young children need encouragement and positive influences surrounding them even if they are watching TV. Television is taking a turn on young kids and is hurting them in the long run, therefore there need to be changes in the world for these kids.

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Boyse, Kyla. "University of Michigan Health System." Television (TV) and Children: Your Child:. Aug. 2010. Web. 11 Jan. 2016.
Flood, James, and Diane Lapp. "Television and Reading: Refocusing the Debate." The Reading Teacher 49.2 (1995) 160 Proquest. Web. 11 Jan. 2016. Dowshen, Steven."How TV Affects Your Child." KidsHealth. The Nemours Foundation, Jan. 2015. Web. 11 Jan. 2016.
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