Children and television violence - La Prensa Grafica

Children watch television an average of three to four hours daily. Television is a powerful influence in developing value systems and shaping behavior.

Unfortunately, much of the television programming is violent or promotes a range of undesirable values ??for the healthy spiritual development . Hundreds of studies on the effects of TV violence on children and teenagers have found that children may:

• gradually accept violence as a way of solving problems.

• Imitate the violence they observe on television.

• Identify with certain characters, both victims and perpetrators.

Parents can protect their children from excessive violence on television as follows:

• Monitoring programs that children watch on television and seeing some with them.

• Establishing limits on the amount of time they spend watching television.

• pointing out that although the actor has not been hurt or killed, such violence in real life results in pain or death.

• Giving their disapproval of the episodes violent towards their children, and to emphasize the belief that such behavior is not the best way to solve a problem.

• The amount of time children watch television matters. The content must be moderate and that prevents them from performing other more beneficial activities such as reading or playing with friends. If parents have serious difficulties setting limits or have ongoing concerns about how your child is reacting to television, should seek professional guidance to help them define the problem.

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