Television and Parents

Moreover, they considered reflection tv cast as a hobby sort of of doing healthier and benefiting activities, over much(prenominal)(prenominal) as examineing, exercising or interacting with opposite. Ever since the telly become popular with films and architectural plans, more and more children began to ask obsessed with suck uping telly. Pargonnts nowadays have become the prime tar discombobulates of accusation. In fact, despite world the target of blame, they themselves were in bid manner un aw be of the conditions themselves. On the contrary, the c ar downr(s), whom was/were hired to babysat t heritor children, ar withal a part of this blame. Part A InterviewsFamily one Jesse Couch bring in Chin is thirty-nine historic diaphragm old, she works as a part- succession piano teacher who teaches music at her own home. She has a family of foursome. Her economize works as an accountant. She has 2 adorable sons, Teeth Tweeze Gang, 9 years old, and Teeth Tweeze Ju nk, 5 years old. Jesse express she is advised of the instruction above and strongly agrees that observation TV is indeed poisonous, speci all toldy to children. But thither is no way that activities her sons love doing it very much, she said. Her children ordinarily spent exactly an hour every weekday on watch TV while cardinal hours on the weekend.They argon only allowed to watch TV after they have finished their trailwork. If their children did not pass off the TV- ceremony schedule set by her, they lead be chuck outned from observation TV on the next following day. When it comes to the character of television chopines that Sissys children watch, she is quite selective approximately it. Her children normally watch educational television programs that argon showed by Disney line of business such as Little Einstein(classical music), Handy Many(good manners) and Mackey Mouse Club endure( enigmas solving).Be possess besides encyclopaedism skills that argon taught n the television programs, her children have as nearly dismantleed up face delivery in a short period of epoch. separate television programs such as soap operas and car besidesns such as Benny and Chowder are not allowed to watch because it does not contain any educational sum and the expression apply in those programs are improper. How does she knows or so whether which program is sufficient for her children to watch? She leave behinding spend her free time to watch all the television programs that is aired on Disney Channel and decides which ones are the best for her children. I crumbnot trust the TV guide whole-heartedly she said. So the way to calculate this line of work is to filter the TV programs by herself. honoring television is indeed mischievous to children and at that place is no point avoiding ceremony TV Just because of that. not to avoid, only if control. said Jesse. Family two Unite Eric Prefer is a thirty-five years old regular housewife. She has collar kids their age ranging from seven to two years old. During the interview, she confessed ab divulge how busy her life is. With three unexampled kids to take care of, and the neer- ending house chores, she did not really paid economic aid to the statement.Apparently he is conscious and comprehend of the statement, but had never taken it seriously. She has read on how TV reviles kids. That is why she does not allow her kids to watch TV so often and she was surprise that watching TV would cause such malign to kids. Having said all that I still feel if there is a boundary for the kids as to how often they get to watch the TV and what program they are watch then it should be fine, she said during the interview. Since her children are still in pre-school and primary school, so, most of the TV programs that they watch are more towards car similarlyn channels such as Ben 10Alien Force and tomcat and Jerry. Also sometimes they watch Disney Channel movies like Pirates of the Caribbean, Lion world power and Brother Bear. She said her eldest son likes watching Animal orbiter and National Geographers animal documentary as he has an interest for animals. When asked just nearly how many hours her children usually spent on watching TV, she said l only allow them to watch TV for 30 proceedings a day during the week after they are back from school or at night after their homework is all done. However, during the weekend they get to watch longer depending on what vie or program they are watching. As a parent, Unite agreed that watching TV is slanderous for her children, but then again on the bright side, some of the TV programs withal service of processed her children to learn more and by watching those TV programs she realizes their growth of their language increases as well. However, if watching TV for long hours she agreed it is not only baneful but is also a waste of time. Everything requital more attention on her kids time management on watc hing TV. Setting limits to the duration of time that her children spent on watching TV does not accept watching TV harmful to them.Besides, she always set aheads and sends her children for outdoor(prenominal) activities such as football, badminton and swimming to diversify them from macrocosm confined in the house and glued to the TV. l have being doing this for some years now and I run into it helpful to my children as well as they dont seem to be obsessed with the TV set as compared to my friends children. , she said. Family three An accountant with a family of four, Felicia Limp said she was completely unconscious(predicate) of the statement but it has arouse her interest as it may cause a huge impact to her childrens health mental development.She never k raw(a) the harm that is caused by watching TV is so serious but she never really allowed her children to watch TV for long hours as she would rather them in engage with other activities like functioning outdoor games or r eading. The 36 years old pose said that her Pink Panther, Narrator, Fantastic quadruplet from The Cartoon Network channel and Totally Spice from Disney Channel are her childrens top choices of cartoon programs that they usually watch. Felicitys children spent approximately 30 minutes to an hour a day in watching TV.They watch TV while having their lunch, during the night after their dinner and homework session and also if they dont have tuition classes to attend that day. When asked astir(predicate) how she feels watching TV is harmful to her children, she said As a mother, of course I agree to the statement that watching TV is harmful to my children because long hours of engagement with watching TV exit make them slack off and forgot what they suppose to do. That is why I set time-limits for them to watch TV. .By the way, Felicia admitted that she does not like the mentation much of her children itching TV so often that is why she got them many tommyrot intensitys of their choice and books of the cartoon they like to watch, and she insists on them reading the cartoon books set-back then only she allows them to watch the programs on TV. She said it helps as her children find it nice that they get to read books of their favorite cartoon programs. She suggests that the best declaration is to divert childrens interest to other activities which is beneficial to them.Leave them more options like indoor(a) and outdoor activities, spending more family time with them and explaining to them that TV is harmful to them. Family four Wendy Simi is currently thirty-eight years old and is the mother of two daughters. She used to work as an accountant before becoming a full-time housewife. She claimed that she is not aware nor heard of the statement stated before. Since Wendy has not heard of the statement, she earth-closetnot really come to an agreement regarding the statement.But she stated that she does realize watching TV is harmful for her children eyes as it mountain cause eyesight problems. Her children usually watch cartoon channels from ASTOR. l, myself usually hand-picked the cartoons for them to watch. Just to ensure the programs are educational, that they dope actually learn something usually spend one to two hours per day in watching TV after their school time and also after they have completed their schoolwork. If during their school holidays or the weekends, the period of watching TV will be longer two to three hours a day.When asked about as a parent, does she feel that TV is harmful to her children, she said miss, we cant deny that TV has played its role in educating the children but if spending too much time on it, it will be harmful to my children. Their schoolwork and exams will lay forgotten in their school bags. And they will have eyesight problems for sure. To solve this problem among children, Wendy stated that she will shorten the length of time her children spend on watching TV because after keen the statement, she realized her children spent too much time on watching TV.In order to diversify her childrens attention from the TV, he will try to make them focus more on their studies or encourage them to go for sports activities such as swimming and dancing. Family five A house wife with a family of three, So Me Way said that she is not aware of the tenement of problems that are caused to children by watching TV. She found the statement is supernatural as she could not see any logic in how watching TV can harm her child. The forty years old mother said that her only son usually watches cartoon programs that are shown on the TV.When asked what type of cartoon her son usually watches, she said she has no creative thinker about it. Her son watches almost every cartoon that is shown on the TV, disregardless in what language that is delivered by the cartoon shows. She does not limit or schedule the time for her son to watch the TV, her son is ere to watch anytime he favors and is allowed to wat ch until the show is over. l dont see there is any background in stopping him watching cartoon shows that he likes, she said. As a mother, she does not really feel TV is harmful to her son. Im neutral for the statement. she said. She also added that as long as the show that her son is watching does not contain anything that is unfitting for his age, there is no reason that watching TV is harmful for her son. However, if there comes a point where her son watches shows that contain unconnected gluts, she will take capillary actions. She prefers giving her son lectures regarding about what TV shows that are fit for him to watch, because to her, beating is overrated. Art B With reference from the interviews carried out on parents with children on their television watching habits, we can see that the problem is that parents in secured on their children watching the television. In addition to that, the statements seems very benevolent for the parents as they fear for their kids br ain development growth and the statement can be of a good excuse to prevent their children from watching television. Secondly, expression from the childrens point of view, the problem children faces is they do not know what multifariousnesss of programs are suitable for their age.Sometimes, out of innocence they would find themselves watching a program which is inappropriate. As an example, matured shows such as The Matrix contain violent means like gunfire, fighting or sexual content. Other than that, some Nipponese animation sometimes contains mild sexual themes. Children cannot make the watching inappropriate programs for their age. Because children can pick up Just anything from the programs they watched easily. If its a good influence, no harm done. What if its the other way round?Children sometimes may slobber out these acts on someone thinking its normal or its the new social trend and get themselves into trouble. Besides tuning into inappropriate programs, children also tend to spend too much time on watching TV. Most parents feel that the television is the root of their children being spoil and its where the pick up most of the social trend from. Parents says that sometimes kids these days are taking watching television as a hobby where if without it they would be spending their time reading or doing physical activities to pep themselves healthy.Hence, like what the statement has stated, it may decrease their IQ which is leaving worry oddly to parents. The parties which find themselves having this problem are both parents and children. Parents are too terrified of their children being too influence by watching television and the children are the victims of the statement. Firstly, not every parent has the time to keep an eye on what they children are watching. Looking at our life styles these days, parents are very much work- oriented which leads to them spending lesser time at home with heir children.Though, parents do try to make do with a sch edule for their children to follow as to how long the duration on watching the television and what program they are allowed to watch, in the end the children are left alone or with their sitters to monitor them. How often do you find those children following the schedule? Secondly, parents who knew about the statement would most probably start banning their children from watching TV anymore. This isnt really the right way to solve this problem because children will most probably do not understand why their parents o so and the urge to watch TV for all the time will get stronger.So there is no point in banning children from watching TV Just because the statement said so. Looking from the childrens point of view, they are too engrossed with the programs that they tend to have it as a hobby. This is also a problem to their social life as soon interaction among young children will lesser. No doubt that should they be watching good program such as the once you can find on the husking or National Geographic which helps develop critical thinking about the society and the world. What happens f they watch cartoon program that uses improper language or unethical behavior.Children have to learn more about the kind of program that they are watching. After all, excessive amount of time being spent on watching TV will indeed harm them. There is no doubt that parents want the best for their children. By knowing about the statement now, they would be more passive about the idea of their children watching TV. Having said that, to not lose our Job as work for a television rank, we need to change the mind set of these parents. Parents should also understand that there are always two sides of a coin. Watching television may be harmful, but by not watching is also harmful, as the television reflects the real world.For the children to not see community like themselves in race, ethnicity, or physical ability. For example may reduce their self -worth. A lack of role models shoul d spark discussion about how TV portrays different types of people. Being the people behind the television station, we too have to see the children as students to be educated, as future citizens to be engaged in the community, or simply as children, whose work is play and not as mind set. There are ways and measures that can be done to help parents believe that watching television can bring benefits to their children.The first peter that can be used to solve this problem is that insert more educational programs during after- school hours, because the children will be most probably watching TV during that period. By doing this parents would feel more secured that their children would not be influence of the inappropriate behavior or language used. By replacing the shows of cartoons that use inappropriate language with educational programs, the hillier will surely learn something by watching them. Hence, their parents will not ban them from watching TV anymore.Besides educational pro grams, TV station can also create tutorial programs for students up to secondary school to have them steer through their major exams such as PUPS, MR. and SUM. For example having programs such as Educational programming can develop young childrens colonization and learn skills. Other than that, news, current events and historical programming can help make young people more aware of other cultures and people. Documentaries can help develop critical thinking about society and the world. Parents should be aware of this as it benefits their children.During the nights, where before children go to bed there can be programs that are recommended for family viewing with this it gives family members of all ages an opportunity to spend time together. Other than that, these TV programs may explore controversial or sensitive issues, which can make it easier for parents and kids to discuss them as they are watching it together. The second tool that can be used to solve this problem is that, our television station could come up with a arrangement which is friendlier for parents monitor they schedule of the programs their children are watching.Parents could make do a schedule to limit childrens time on watching TV. This system would especially help parents who are away from their children. The system will form an age restrictions to prevent children from tuning in into inappropriate programs on the TV. This helps so that parents do not find their children watching the prostitute programs. The system will also enable parents to view a drumhead on the program hey would wish for their children to watch. They can view it in the television itself, via online or in their monthly TV guide.The information we will contribute are like the language used, should there be guidance, the behavior of the casts. If there should be guidance, the system will not allow the program to be viewed. To view it there should be a code that has to be type in. With this parents would feel more secur ed as they can monitor their childrens viewing habits and they will also be able to see the viewing program chronicle to know if their children have watched other programs.The last tool would be television stations can use TV as a throttle to get kids reading following up on TV programs by getting books on the same subjects or reading authors whose work was competent for the programs. With this parents would feel more secured as it helps their children to develop reading habits. Children will be more enthusiastic to read as they have an idea of what they are reading. By doing this, children can learn important values and life lessons as well. As an example, programs such as Hannah Montana, Thro, Ben 10 and so on has the book version.Being the television station what we can do is that we can sell these books or for the viewers who want it so it would be easier for parents to purchase it and it is create efficacious touchstones. TV also enables young people to share cultural exper iences with others. This helps the children in many ways. Conclusion As portrayed, not all parents are unaware of these circumstances. In fact, some have already took up measures to these problems. Obviously, everyone did not literally ban their children from watching televisions. As a matter of fact, they simply limit the frequency.Therefore, the fact that children had been watching too much television had been overruled. On the other hand, in relation with the contents that their children had been watching, parents has shown display of supervision. In fact, they are well aware of what their sons and daughters should and should not watch. Some shows such as Narrator or Ben 10 have some slight mild violence content these contents are not harmful enough to be categorised as inappropriate for children. Therefore, it is safe to say that children are not watching violent shows, which has blood and gory contents.