The article “Turn off the TV, and get the kids to read” is about a woman who made her children read books and almost didn’t allow them to watch television until they aged 13. She thought that parents should not allow their children watch TV, to play computer games, while their character and habits are being formed. Also she said that reading is relaxing, enjoyable and usefull for her son and daughter than watching television. In my opinion, nowadays children are becoming more dependant on the mass media and different kinds of entertainment such as computer games and TV shows. They spend too much time in front if the computer which influence on not only their physical state but mental health too. Very often this is the mistake of the parents who allow their children to do what they want. As for me, Erica C. Roach was right because she tried to bring up her children without negative contact with the television and computer games. I think parents should be aware of what their children do and watch, and then children will become mental healthy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/01/opinion/lweb01read.html?scp=11&sq=
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Yana--
I quite agree with you that today's exposure to television and other media of children is enormous. Do you think there is an effective way of keeping children away from watching television and surfing the net?
We tent to think that it is not very good to make children live without any source of nowadays young peoples life. If a child doesn't play any computer games and doesn't watch modern TV programms and films s/he will be alone. S/he will be like an alien from midieval times. S/he will not understand his/her age-mates. Parents should only control what their children watch, but not diprive them of their private life.
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I think it must be more useful if parents explain to their children that such activity as playing games, and watching TV have negative influence on their forming character and give bright examples. The children should not be made to do something; they must understand what is useful and valuable for them. To make children doing something is not good way to solve the problem, but if the problem becomes more serious, parents have to be stricter.
Yana, we think that,on the one hand, Erica is right, but, on the other hand, she limits their right to make choice.Certainly, she is wiser and has much more experience than they, but, at the same time she has no right to decide for her children. May be she should create for them a timetable, allowing to read books and watch useful programmes which can also influence them in a better way.What do you think about it???
everything can make bad influence on the child's life. S/he may go in for some sport, for example football, and break all his/her bones. But it is one for million chance that it'll happen. The same chance is that this child will 'break his psyche' while playing computer games. It's wrong point of view that all computer games teach children to kill, fight and other bad things. There are plenty of games that teach us to live, develope our logic and imagination. Isn't it better to play colourful and beautiful games than to smoke, take drugs and rob people? Children need games, but it shurely must be strictly controlled.
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I am curious about how parents can control what children watch and what games they play. Can everybody post a suggestion that you think could work for you as regards ways of controlling your viewing/playing habits by your parents?
I'd like to add to the discussion. I've met such an example in the real life. My friend (now she is 30) doesn't allow her nine-year-old doughter watch TV and play computer games. But she's chosen the other way of the doughter's upbringing: my friend makes up the games relating to TV-set and the computer, for example, she turns on karaoke-station, and the little girl's singing, they watch films the plot of which doesn't contein cruel, atrocious episods. The girl knows all new thing of the modern world, but she can watch it in the better way than many other childrel can. There is no doubt, when the parents of the little girl is absent, she is watching TV, and spending time in front of the computer, but she doesn't depend on it, as other children do. In their family there is a particular schedule of watching TV, and, as I know, some TV-channels are blocked. Of course, the doughter meets with her peers and gets different kinds of information including 'bad knowledge' about the world from their point of view, but it does't bring such a terrible effect. The girl is getting older and the number of parents' bans is norrowing.
In my opinion, it's rather good way of the upbringing untill the child gets a particular age; otherwise, the child can't make a decisions herself. Choosing this way of upbringing a parent should spent most of time for a child, for example, a mother is a housewife; otherwise, she isn't succeed in it and doesn't get any necessary results.
I think that the best way of controling child's developement in this sphere of life is discussing and communicating. For example, my sister is not prohibited to watch some proggrams, but we often discuss some of them. I explaine her why this or that programm is immoral or why it is simply stupid. Sometimes we watch it together and i try to open her eyes on the truht about a proggram or film. Some of them i can't even stand and i explain the reason. I really think that such a way is better than simple prohibiting that always makes children curious about the matter.
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