10 Bad Effects of Television on Children - TV leads to behavior problems

We are all affected by the habits, cultures, and ideas we acquire, regardless of the party from which we receive those ideas, which affect us negatively at times and positively at other times. The effect of television on children in sound and image is one of the most important of these dangerous influences. The television set has become in every home, but in every room. To the point that it has become in the lives of some people like food and drink, the last thing they look upon before going to sleep.

When the family leaves its children prey to this device, by doing so, it places them in front of all the scenes contained in this device of immoral and violent scenes, from which they acquire their daily actions and behaviors and simulate everything they see without awareness. Therefore, in the following, we discuss the extent of the impact of television on children. The most important positive and negative repercussions on them, and on whom there is a responsibility attached to it.

The effect of television on children is between negative and positive

One of the most important media that affects us and our children, in sound and image, is the television set with all its scenes, whether this influence is positive or negative, but the negative influence has become predominant Studies have shown that most children's programs contain violent scenes, and there are more than 50 to 60 violent scenes than adult programs.

As for cartoon films, they are not without scenes of violence that exceed 80 scenes per hour, and many studies have been conducted that have varied in establishing the impact of television on children, whether positive or negative, and every researcher relies on his point of view.

Those who found it negative, their opinion was based on the dose of violence provided by some movies and programs, which in turn make the child feel that the use of violence towards others is a normal and easy thing, and thus violence spreads in society and bad morals and thus crime spreads, but programs with commercial goals devoid of content It does not provide any scientific material that does not benefit the viewer at all.

As for those who found it positive, their opinion was based on some religious and cultural programs that increase the child's knowledge of his religion, arts and sciences, and other programs that increase his knowledge, develop and develop it. To keep up with everything new in this era.

How does television affect children?

What is meant by the effect of television on children here is how children use this device, and whether or not they use it properly or not.

Negative effects of television on children

• TV influences the creed of children; Because most of the bodies that produce cartoon films for children are American or Japanese.
• Lead to physical fatigue and tired eyes of children; Because of the frequent sitting in front of the TV and sitting wrongly.
• It leads to the child's tendency to isolation; This is due to sitting continuously in front of the TV and not mixing with others.
• Watching fictional movies often kills the imagination of children or increases its exaggeratedly, such as if the child imagines that he is flying in space, etc.
• Affects the strength of academic achievement in children.
• The child tends to use force and violence as a means to solve his problems at home with his siblings, at school, or with his friends. And that is because of the frequent watching of those violent scenes on television, and through the cartoon characters that practice this aggressive behavior, especially if these characters are likable to the child.
• It leads to the child's moral degeneration because he watches movies and serials for adults and simulates them.
• The child's lack of movement and sitting in front of the television for a long time leads to obesity, lethargy, and permanent laziness.
• Reduces the child's sense of thinking and creativity and independent decision-making; Children receive the information without even having to think about how it happened.

Positive effect of television on children

As we talked about the multiple negatives of this device, we must also talk about its pros, albeit not by much.

• Television increases the child's education towards life and the surrounding world.
• It improves the child's vocabulary and meanings.
• The child learns through educational programs many things that he does not know before entering the stage of education in school.

And all the features of the TV set can only be obtained by the child by knowing how to use this device correctly, and this is done by instructing parents about what should be seen and what not to be watched.

Whose responsibility is children sitting in front of the television?

In most cases, the mother sits her children in front of the television to be able to complete her homework quietly and without feeling that her children are interrupting her from performing these duties quickly, so she turns on the device on one of the channels they prefer, so that they integrate into watching without moving in front of him.

Herein lies the problem. The child may be related to watching a certain program or cartoon movie that is not necessarily harmful, but the attachment itself has damaged. It may lead to many diseases, such as autism, cancer, growth retardation, dysarthria, lack of focus, introversion, depression, brain tumors, eye diseases ... etc.

We find that we do more harm to our children than benefit them, as researchers have recently proven that a child only needs two hours at most per day to watch TV, and that more than that is a waste of time without benefit.

The methods that we must follow to treat our children from addiction to watching television

There are several things that children should do to solve a problem with their attachment to television, including the following:

• Be aware that if children are prevented from something, their attachment to it will increase; The forbidden is desirable, and in this case, it is imperative to put controls into rationing the number of hours watching TV, with a lot of going out for walks and visiting relatives, and playing with children close to their age.
• Monitor what material children see, what they offer and what they gain from them, and then control what they watch.
• If your children are aware of enough, then they must be involved in deciding on the programs they watch, after highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of what is presented, so we make them the ones who judge them negatively or positively.
• Inculcate beliefs of faith in children and urge them that there are things that we must do other than watching television, such as prayer, bonding, and so on.
• Involving children in some activities and encouraging them to develop their hobbies and skills to release their energies, as well as spend their spare time on useful things instead of watching endless television.
• Providing children with knowledge of the social world that surrounds them.
• Instilling in the child the value of self-respect and self-satisfaction, and how to gain respect for others.
• Make games, a TV set, and smartphones that can access the Internet outside the children's bedroom, and place them in hidden places in the home.
• Limiting a certain number of hours per day to watch TV, while making sure to be aware while watching it.
• We must take into account the set of factors that affect the formation of the personality of children and the extent of their interaction with it, and everything that goes on in their minds and is affected by it.
• Learn what content kids are watching and whether it's intended for them.
• Trying to answer the child's questions about what he is watching to correct his beliefs and not to run his imagination on wrong things.
• Not watching television before doing homework, so that the child does not focus on what he saw and not focus on academic achievement.
• The child must be accustomed to differentiate between what he sees from imagination or reality so that he is not confused by the matter.

Finally, television has been able to invade our minds in general and the minds of our children in particular, so it acquired their perceptions, queens, and senses. And indirectly in the formation of their behavior and personalities.

Therefore, parents should pay more attention and vigilance for their children, and play the role of mediator between them and the television, by educating children and explaining to them what is going on with this dangerous device, and children's attention must be directed towards targeted programs that contain science and knowledge, so that we create in them the development of their talents and the desire for knowledge.