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In this article, at the beginning, the writer suggested some statics about how much TVs is related with our children’s life. These statics was amazing result and some leaders of organizations which make an effort for reducing the bad effect on the TV to children expressed the TV as a “enabler” or warn the present situations that mean children watch a TV a lot. Moreover, a leader of these organizations said even if we do not watch a TV, we do not get any bad result. Also a leader of these organizations recommends activities are better than watching a TV.
The amazing statics from how much our children is revealed to TV shows that our children were surrounded with TV programs and advertisements. However, this environment is not good for children also the TV programs and advertisements have bad effect on children.
Robert Kesten, the center’s executive director, said “Television is a great enabler” and suggested his example about his children. From the example, he figured out that to reduce watching a TV makes his children’s grade, read books, and run outside.
Brent Bozell, president of Parents Television Council, said that if parents want to make their children become far from a TV, they must make distance from a TV. of course, other things too.
When you make children be far from a TV, you must do alternative activities like after-school clubs, family walks, puzzles, organizing a photo album and so on. Also, you should ask your children what they want to do on weekends.
All things you do for decreasing watching a TV for children is hard for parents. However, you have to be steel yourselves for achieving the glorious success.
Unplug the Television, by Beth Brophy - my opinion
I think the televisions are really useful for children because when the children have not experienced or seen whatever they want to do or visit somewhere, the televisions can give chance to experience indirectly. However, the time goes by, several sociologists and pedologic experts criticize how television impact on children education. Therefore, I change my mind about the TVs and understand why the experts have warned the effect of TVs. Also, whenever I consider watching a TV, I have had bad situations for example being late to appointment, forgetting the assignments, losing concentration, and so on. Look, this statics which is from Unplug the Television, by Beth Brophy makes you why I had those failures : “The average child watches 1,680 minutes of TV per week. The average student spends 1,500 hours watching TV versus 900 hours in school. And the number of 30-second commercials seen in a year by an average child is 20,000”. Actually I am not a child but this effect cause my failure I think the best ways to teach our children are giving experience. I mean the world is already developed a lot and we can go anywhere we would like to go. So, we do not need indirect experiment anymore. Therefore, the role of TV to chance doing indirect experience is useless and we should lessen the time to watch TV.
Work cite
Brophy, Beth. “Unplug the Television.” U.S News & World Report 141.24(2006):75. MasterFILE Premier. EBSCO. Wedb. 19 Apr. 2010.
