bringing up kids

TV is a modern media, few can do without. For the kids, moderate control is needed, not to spoil their mind and their health. There are quite some part good for their knowledge expansion, say the nature channel, the children channel, and for teenagers, they need to keep up with the news and technical development. Confining children in greenhouses is no good for their mental immune system, so to speak. With a balanced education for personality, they will learn how to tell bad from good.

Well, television has both positive and negative impact on kids, depending on the kind of program they watch. Any home without a television is incomplete. So, the only thing is for the parents to monitor their kids and educate them on the type programs to watch. Children learns a lot from the kiddies programs. They can also get corrupt if they are allowed to view some corrupt channels.

We don't watch tv here either. Our sets haven't even been turned on for about 6 years. Instead, we read, talk, play games together. I find this much more enriching than tv. I think parents use tv as a babysitter and that I think is bad for kids.

every people have their own way of thinking and that is why your neighbour and your thoughts differ. i know some people think that the tv corrupts their children and they dont keep a tv at home and some keep it out of childrens reach may be till some extint they are right as there are childrens who tae advantage and watch things which is not meant for childrens and they get influenced. but there are also some educational channels which children should watch but they dont do that, may be children take time to understand that, but then too i think having tv at home is not bad and the thing is parents have to always have watch and also guide them what to see and what not see.

I think a lot of it has to do with what you let them watch, and if you talk to them about it. Try to answer any questions they have as honestly as possible, but, try not to scare them with it either. It's important for them to know what's going on in the world, and to appreciate what they have that other people do not. I also think that if you take as much time with them as possible, it will be easier to keep them from being corrupted. My kids are 7 and 5, and we spend most of our time reading or playing outside. They usually only watch TV for 30 minutes in the morning,after they're ready for school, and that's Dora the Explorer.

I think eliminating tv completely is a little extreme but just like anything else your child sees or hears on a daily basis it is going to affect them. Parents need to be in control of and responsible for what their kids watch on tv and for some it's just easier not to have to worry about it.

Anything can corrupt a child. Take a look at fairy tales. Anything from Sleeping Beauty to Beauty and the Beast teaches a child that eventually in their life, a dashing young prince will come whisk them away after sweeping them off their feet and they'll live happily ever after in a huge castle with guards and maids and no forseeable problems. You can corrupt a child in many ways. Yeah there are a lot of programs I wouldn't want my young child to watch, but the TV can also be a valuable tool in learning. Children learn by repitition and by watching, so educational programs can be a valuable asset to a child's education. The TV isn't all bad. It's about closely monitoring what your kids are doing.