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

Kids nowadays are spending a lot indoors, mostly watching

shows.

This

activity is beneficial for their development, while being entertained. 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 colours is attractive. With background music as accompaniment, it stimulates one's senses. Having both in programs

allow

Suggestion

allows

a child to broaden his imagination and

also

awareness of his surroundings. Back when I was babysitting my cousin, we would enjoy our bonding moment by watching

. I would hear her imitating 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 other toddlers at her age who is just starting to speak words or phrases. Because of it, parents will feel safe and secure, since their offspring 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

time

spent by the child in order to allocate to other activities to prevent, or at least lessen the health problems due to prolonged usage of television. Longer hours of

usage deteriorates a kid's well-being. It weakens one's metabolism due to lack of physical exercise. The proximity with the 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 status of their kid's health with their love of watching

. To sum it up, allowing kids to watch

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 enjoying

this

past

time

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educational programs
diverse cultures
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language skills
critical thinking
social awareness
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sedentary lifestyle
inappropriate content
academic performance
attention problems
social skills
commercial influence
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