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Children today spend more time watching television than they did in the past. Describe some advantages or disadvantages of television for children

#children #time #television
Kids nowadays are spending a lot of their
time
 indoors, mostly watching
TV
 shows.
This
 activity is
benefitial
promoting or enhancing well-being
beneficial
 for their
development while
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development, while
 being entertained. With
this
, parents or guardians keep an eye on them in
order
 to choose properly the programs they are watching and controlling the length of
time
 watching to avoid any risk in their
health
. The
television
 is considered one of the cheapest form of entertainment. To a
child
, projecting illustration or sometimes animation in vivid
colors
a flag that shows its nationality
colours
 is attractive. With background music as accompaniment, it stimulates one's senses. Having both in
television
 programs allows a
child
 to broaden his imagination and
also
 awareness
to
Suggestion
of
 his surroundings. Back when I was babysitting my cousin, we would enjoy our
time
wathing
the act of observing; taking a patient look
watching
TV
. I would hear her
immitating
reproduce someone's behavior or looks
imitating
emitting
 lines from the shows or even the commercials; at times dancing with the music. At the age of two, she was able to speak our mother tongue in
sentences unlike
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sentences, unlike
 other toddlers at her age who
are just starting
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is just starting
 to speak words or phrases. With
this
, parents will feel safe and secure, since their
child
 is enjoying his idle
time
 indoors.
In addition
, they could carefully select and monitor the shows suitable for their kid;
also
 they can limit the
TV
time
 spent by the
child
 in
order
 to allocate to other activities in
order
 to prevent, or at least lessen the
health
 problems due to prolonged usage of
television
. Longer hours of
television
 usage deteriorates a kid's
health
. It weakens one's metabolism due to lack of physical exercise. The proximity with the
applicance
a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
applicant
appliance
 could
also
 affect his sight and hearing as well. I recently watched a documentary regarding obese kids and most of the interviewed parents blamed the
starte
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
start
state
State
 of their kid's
health
 with their love of watching
TV
. To sum it up, allowing kids to watch
TV
 shows help them to learn while getting preoccupied. It is
favorable
encouraging or approving or pleasing
favourable
 on their part that parents supervise them in
order
 to guide them correctly while doing
this
 activity.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • educational programs
  • diverse cultures
  • entertainment options
  • language skills
  • critical thinking
  • social awareness
  • shared experience
  • sedentary lifestyle
  • inappropriate content
  • academic performance
  • attention problems
  • social skills
  • commercial influence
  • addiction
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