Tv for kids good or bad?

My daughter used to live and breathe disney channel! we had it on all day long, even if we went watching it, tv was on in the background. then i started to notice that she was getting sassy like "hannah montana" and I outlawed it. well that left us w/ nothing good to watch at night, so i started putting the radio on instead. She started doing more with her toys and things to peak her curiousity. eventually we left the radio off too and i was amazed she was playing with paper dolls and making a conversation between them. so one thing led to another and we have been a virtually t.v. free home since janurary!! we have never been happier! and the way i presented it to other people they would respond "thats great!!!!" and she became proud of it. now i do let her watch 30-60 mins a day of ch 9 which is pbs all the shows are learning things, she only watches in the morning before school (it keeps her from falling back asleep!) durning summer we didn't even turn the t.v. on. now if i'm very tired or back is hurting (i have 4 ruptured disks) and i say "lets put in a movie" she will say NO!!!!!! and put on a play for me instead. Its the best thing i have ever done for our small family of two.

hi skyblue25.. i think the TV kids bring a good influence if we acompany when they wacthing TV, but the other side many tv show bring a bad influence like a drama TV. it's a bad influence specialy for kids they will grow at the wrong time, i mean from that they know about anything which suppose they not know.. about your situation i suggest you to give them explanation about every programs tv show^^ Goodluck..

Yes Kids do learn bad by watching television or movies. How do you feel when you watch a commercial ? Kids learn fast and they don't distinguish from bad and good easily.

I'm a strong believer that television can be bad in our society. It has many benefits, though, as there are a ton of educational shows and it gives updates on news around the world. But television is quickly replacing sports and other activities. Humans weren't made to sit at home and watch virtual lives running amuck. We were made to live them, and that doesn't mean being trapped in a house. Now back to your question. I think that letting your kids watch occassionally is fine. It may have some effect on them, but if you always make sure that they know that what they are watching is BAD, and that they shouldn't do those kinds of things, they should be fine. Television has a bad influence on kids whose parents just let them watch so that they don't have to play with them. In those cases, the kids tend to end up as young hooligans. But if you really take care of your child, then nothing will go wrong.

When my kids are watching movies, i have to be with their side so that i could monitor what they are watching especially scenes which are not appropriate for them to see. i don't let them watch movies which is for older ones.

I used to watch Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street. Didn't have cable when I was growing up, not till I was about 10 or 11.

I think it depends what kind of show our kids are watching.My daughter loves cartoons so i don't have any problem with that.We should just be careful what our children into because it might be an influence to them.

Some of the programs can influence kids while they are growing up.But as the parents you need to tell them that it is just a show and what they do on the TV show they can not do.

I believe that what the programs kids watch affect them. At a young age, they are not supposed to watch certain programs that deplicts violence until they grow older and are able to understand what life is all about so the best thing to do is screen what they watch.

it is bad if you make the tv as nanny.

skyblue its a big from me . i think that watching television is spoiling kids at younger ages.even if we tried we cant stop the violence, romance, drama , vulgur scenes that we have on tv . u can block adult channels but still nowadays even anime series like shinchan and all are creating buisance. kids are learning things at very tender age . they start making girl friend boy friend at age of 6 and then lots of things ahead . i think till a certain age kids should not be allowed to watch tv. in these years they should be given proper discipline and lot of good habbits should be taught to them . the time spending in tv can be utilised by drawing classes, dance classes, learning instruments, acrobatics,swimming . these are the things that help in modeling the career of our children. instead of watching nonsense on tv these things are much much better . and i am sure people will say that discovery and other channels are also good for children , but i would be firm with my decision that they should be kept away from tv . another reason is that at tender age watching tv may lead to reducing the vision of childern . i know many doctors who have the said the same things that kids can have there lenses put on if they watch tv for longer time . the age can be decided by you or any parent . i would say at least till six years of age i am not allowing my child to watch tv may be but nor sooner. these are the years when i will get to know wether my kid will like to go in which field afterwards in life. the dance singing acrobatics classes will help us decide where our childs interests lie in

if they are oler than 8 i think they would be fine. if they are youger they need to watch something educational!