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The Effects of Watching TV
July 26, 2006
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit.
-Aristotle
-Aristotle
Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children’s Entertainment (TRUCE; www.truceteachers.org), points out that children who watch a lot of TV and movies tend to:
Perform worse in school:
- They spend less time reading
- They have shorter attention spans
- Their vocabulary is not as highly developed
Be more overweight:
- They snack excessively while watching TV
- They see food in programs and ads that promote unhealthy eating choices
- They tend to exercise less
Act the way TV characters act:
- Children as young as 1 year old learn behaviors from TV
- Children imitate actions and scripts from TV programs instead of creating their own play ideas
See ads that are harmful to them:
- Children under the age of 6 cannot tell the difference between and ad in a show and a show
- Children are encouraged to nag their parents for things they see on TV.
See violence as an acceptable form of play and way to settle conflicts.
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Displaying 1 CommentPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Thank you for this timely article on TV watching for young children. The National Association for the Education of Young Children recently ran a full page ad in their Young Children journal for Infant TV and, as an early childhood professional, I am disturbed. I hope those in the field learn more about the inappropriateness of infant TV through your excellent articles and other sources to insure quality care and education for young children.
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