Television and other forms of media are very entertaining to any or all ages. Everyone loves all programs in the television like news, sports, comedy shows, sitcom, telenovelas, movies, game show, talent competition and much more. But we might overlook the fact that watching an excessive amount of television has a big impact in our children’s over all health.
Children aged 2 to 10 are very sensitive on which they see and listen to on your tv sets. Particularly those infants which are starting to develop their mental capacities. As a parents or a guardian, we must protect our kids in the different nature they are able to absorbed by watching TV.
Researchers said that an average child living in the developed countries, may already spent approximately year long contact with the tv by the age of 6. Studies have shown that watching TV in a long time includes a damaging impact on child’s physiological, mental and over all health.
Below are the alarming bad results of watching too much television to our health.
- Obesity
- Short sightedness
- Diabetes
- Aggressive behavior
- Premature puberty
- Cancer
- Autism
- Poor concentration
- Poor memory
- Inferiority complex
- Lower IQ
- Alzheimer’s in Adulthood
Television today is really a way of life, no one can live without it. Just how are we able to prevent these diseases from your children while experiencing the benefits of television? The good thing is that there are better means to fix the issue. The lists below can be carried out to your own family culture.
- Children aged 2 – 6 must only watch learning and educational shows. This programs can help improve the learning procedure for your child as well as promote better health on their behalf.
- Children aged Seven to ten must only watch family oriented shows. Family oriented shows might help develop your children’s emotional side and can enlightened them with family values. This could also enable them to to further comprehend the different responsibilities in your own home.
- Limit your son or daughter viewing experience for just 2 hours a day. It is crucial that you will not watch television with your child when asleep. Television shows varies its targeted audience so be responsible if you watch TV.
- Keep all of your movie videos that are not ideal for children. Children are too curious on almost anything. They even operate your movie player alone so keeping your preferred action movies out of your children’s reach is a good step to avoid the bad effects of television.
- Give more time to your children. Spending more time with your child is much better alternative than watching tv. This can better improve your relationship to your child. It’s been studied that children who spent additional time with their parents are less vulnerable to deadly vices like smoking, alcohol and illegal drugs.