Social Effects of Television on Children

An age like this now almost impossible for those who live in the city to abolish the television in the lives of children. As television became a staple, especially for busy parents who do not have time to take his son to play together, the television becomes their primary choice.

There are some negative impacts of television viewing for children, if parents do not react to them intelligently.

First, the child becomes unresponsive to the environment. I noticed when my kids play with what is in their environment such as attention to insects, play sand or water play he was so at peace with herself, her body and its environment. However, according to Susan R. Johnson MD, a pediatrician from San Francisco, when children watch television he learned to become very concerned with the environment.

A simple example like this, when the child is watching a show that shows people of a country suffering from famine, in which they live with deprivation of food, but at the same time when the child is watching the show around it was filled with a variety of different warm food and beverage which their like, from things like that eventually the child learns not care about the environment, he learned that it is experienced by others rather than himself, and he did not have to bother thinking about it.

Second, the repeated impressions presented by television will dictate the shape memory and behavior. Though many scenes are aired on television are scenes of violence, although it is packed in cartoon form.

Third, while watching television the child becomes passive, he is not much required to do creative things, like when he plays with the playhouse, puzzles or unloading pairs, so that it will form a pattern of behavior your child is not independent and are not able to initiate in dealing with problems.

Here are some social impacts will be experienced by the child when parents are not wise in addressing the child’s television viewing habits. We can not forbid not to watch television on children, we can do as parents is to be wise and prudent, so that the child has a balanced manner between watching television and playing with a real environment. And also show that the choice of watching the little guy.