Is It Really Television’s Fault?
In the excerpt taken from Marie Winn’s book, “The Plug-In Drug: Television, Children, and the Family”, she talks about many different subjects such as family rituals, real people and the quality of life.
But as she talks about these subjects, she has opinions and statements/ comments made by other professionals and everyday people of why television is bad and how television affected them and their families’ life.
At some points in this article I do agree with her on some of the points she makes about television being bad. I also agree that too much T.V. can be bad for young children and their future developmental skills.
But at the same time however, I think every person alive needs to watch a little bit of T.V. just to be in touch with what’s going on in society.
So what is your opinion on how television can affect family values and children communication and interaction skills?
16 comments:
I do think that some T.V. can be helpfull for children and their families, however, I must ask what you are watching. I don't know about a lot of others but when I watch t.v. it isn't the news so it doesn't help me in society. I mainly watch reality t.v. shows.
I would have to agree with Marie Winn on the fact that children's developmental skills are affected but I know I have problems when it comes to asking people things. I tend to second guess myself on whether or not to ask them, mainly, because I'm afraid of what they will think of me afterwards. When mose people won't even worry about it and answer the question and go on about their business.
I agree with you Danielle. I also feel that the television has had an affect on the parents who don't want to be responsible for their childs developmental skills.
On the other hand I feel that if a child is going to be placed in front of the t.v. it needs to be educational.
I disagree. Television is a positive thing for children to watch, it all depends upon what they are watching. There are educational programs that teach children their colors and how to count. Some shows also teach children how to interact with one another by setting up games and asking them to help find things. Contrary, to the statements and comments from professionls in Winn's essay, the educational programs that are avaliable on television increases young children's developmental stages.
I agree with you Danielle, that too much T.V. is not good, However i do not fully agree with you.
You see I am the eldest of five discluding my-self, and at times the T.V. at my house ment peace. Now I am not saying I stuck my younger ciblings in front of the T.V. all the time, just when I needed the time to do my homework.
As I read everyones comments I agree some what on what they are all saying. I agree too much tv is bad and that there are good programs out there for young children to watch and the news. I also realized what ever happened to the parents spending time with there children and teaching them instead of some tv doing it for them. I do realize though that sometimes both parents work and it is difficult to spend alot of time with there children but is it not the parents responsibility.
As I read everyones comments I agree some what on what they are all saying. I agree too much tv is bad and that there are good programs out there for young children to watch and the news. I also realized that with programs for kids being taught by the tv what ever happened to the parents spending time with there children and teaching them instead of some tv doing it for them. I realize though that sometimes both parents work and it is difficult to spend alot of time with there children but is it not the parents responsibility.
I agree that too much tv can be bad for young children but not only for them but for anybody that sits there and watches it all day. I also agree with everyone else that it depends on what children watch because there are some good educational tv shows out there for children.
I really think that it is parents' responsibility to take care of their children's TV habits.
There are no excuses for parents. If a child spends too much time watching TV, child's parents should blame themselves for that.
Instead of letting their children be taught by television, parents should be the ones teaching them values and morals.
I agree with, Aunnika. But you can't just limit it to just educational channels. Kids who watch TV are looking at kids shows like Disney Channel,(which is also watch by teens)Cartoon Network, and Nickelodeon, which teach kids good characteristics on how to deal with alot of real world issues.
They aren't going to be watching Tv all the time, they have school and family events were they put in affect what they have learned.
You'll be supprised what they can learn.
In my opinion, I agree that television is helpful at times when it comes to teaching young children. It's also what and how much they watch. In actually, I feel as if it's still up to the parents to put in that one-on-one time with the child as well.
Excessive television is, as many people know a bad thing, but I agree with you, Danielle H, when you say “I think every person alive needs to watch a little bit of T.V. just to be in touch with what’s going on in society.” Besides the internet, people use television as one of the main sources to stay current. It’s much more convenient and timely to watch the midday news that sums up everything in a few minutes than to wait until the next day for it to be found in a newspaper. Marie Winn was actually very one-sided in her argument because television is very helpful.
Everyone has a valid point in this arguement; TV can just as easily be bad or good for children. What it rounds down to is A) what the child watches, B) the amount the child watches, and C) the amount of interaction the child gets outside of the TV. I know I watched more than the "approriate" amount of TV... but if the parents/gaurdians pay the appropiate amount of attention to the child, then the amount of TV watched shouldn't matter. My parents censored some of what I watched, but they also played with me when I wasn't watching TV, so it kind of equals out at some point.
I agree with your point Christopher. Television dramas can have a very negative affect on the way people view how others will react to a simple question. I often feel the same way. I worry too much about a simple little question because on in T.V. dramas or reality shows they blow everything out of preportion just to cause a confrontation and try to get more viewers. Shows like that can be very harmful to young children watching them.
T.V. can work as both positive or negative. T.V. can be helpful when they watch educational and cartoons the give the kid a sense of imagination. But T.V. can also harm a kid because of the harmful things that adults watch.
I agree with many of the things when the other people have stated. I do believe that television can have a very big impact on a childs developmental skills. When a child watches television they learn from it. It can influence them on how to act in certain situations. Whether good or bad.
Families though need to have time together. Its never a good thing for a parent to sit their child in front of the t.v. just to get away from their problems.
Some t.v. is good, but at such a young age it shouldnt be much. If their is any, its good to make sure its educational.
I agree with you Danielle about too much televison can effect a child's developmental problems but at the same time it is ok for children to watch television. Televison in some aspect can be a learning tool for young children.
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