The pros and cons of television in raising children
In light of the change brought about by television, raising
children is one of the issues that affected this change. At a time when some
parents prefer to follow the methods of natural education that they were
brought up with, there are others who use methods that suit their living
conditions, taking into account the needs of the new generation considering
this era of modernity and globalization .
Since everything has pros and cons, determining whether an
individual can benefit from television in the area of raising a child or not
depends on how he or she uses it and relies on it.
The positives of television in raising children:
1. Occupancy of the child for some time: Sometimes parents find it difficult to care for their child because they are busy in some matters such as work, or indulging in doing housework and other things, here the use of television is used to occupy the child sufficient time to complete other tasks without worry.
2. Most
families consider television a free nanny, which means that using it to
distract the child while his parents are busy can be a great help to them
without any additional cost and thus saving money.
3. Television
is an educational learning source for children if it is used well. It provides
targeted educational and other entertaining programs that help the child in
learning and in building his personality as well as developing his general
culture.
4. Many
parents feel comfortable and at ease when their child is sitting in front of
the TV screen near them and under their gaze.
5. Most
parents and families consider television to be more secure than nursery school,
especially if the child is deposited at separate intervals as needed, such as
receiving guests, for example.
6. Television
is distinguished from nursery and nanny being available at any time without
restrictions, unlike the use of a nanny who is at specific times, and the same
applies to nurseries that receive the child only in certain hours.
The negatives of television in raising children:
1. The use of television requires the presence of at least one of the parents or a member of the family in the home, it is impossible to leave the child alone in the home, so the TV in this case will not be of use either to the parents or the child.
2. Addiction
causes those who frequently sit in front of him, the excessive use of it may
produce a problem for the parents when they finish their work and want to keep
the child away from the screen in order to feed, play with him or bath him.
3. The
risk of obesity, as the daily use of the TV as an alternative to the nanny and
sitting for a long time in front of him may lead to the child becoming
accustomed to the lack of activity, which may pose a risk to his health and
increase the risk of obesity, because programs that provide information to the
child cannot replace physical activity For the child.
4. leads
the child to feel lonely and a sense of that emotional void on the part of the
family, something that generates familial aversion and his preference for
isolation.
5. It
causes the child to try to imitate some of the dangerous scenes he sees in the
programs being shown, and this may cause many problems, such as imitating
horror films, scenes of violence that occur in free wrestling, detective films,
hidden camera dumps and circus shows.
We conclude from the above that the problem is not the
television per se, but the real problem is how we relied on it as the best
dependence as a modern means present in every home that cannot be ignored.
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