Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Watching television is bad for children. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.

Some parents believe that watching
TV
is bad for their children. So, they try to restrict their children from watching
TV
.
However
, other parents think that there is nothing bad in watching
TV
. Personally, I think that watching
TV
brings children only benefits unless they spend in front of
TV
set less than a couple of hours daily. For the following reasons, which I will mention below, I believe that
TV
plays an essential role in a
child
's development.
First
of all,
TV
helps a
child
to extend his or her range of interests. Children can find out many new things and make many
exiting
creating or arousing excitement
exciting
discoveries for themselves.
In addition
, to these practical benefits
TV
improves children's vocabulary, their memory and gives them the opportunity to gain more knowledge. I think it is very essential for the
child
. Of
cause
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
course
, someone can say that there are plenty of different recourses of information
such
as books and teachers. But, I think, in our modern world children must learn faster and use all contemporary technology in order to succeed.
Second
of all, watching cognitive programs helps children to learn more about
wild life
all living things (except people) that are undomesticated
wildlife
, our environment and about the importance of preserving our forests and wild animals that live there. Scientists say that a
child
should not watch
TV
more than 40 minutes successively.
For example
, my mother always made us have a break after watching
TV
more than half an hour and let our eyes rest for several minutes before turning on the
TV
again. I think it is the best solution. To sum up, I believe that
TV
gives children and all people the opportunity to learn what cannot be learnt from books.
TV
and movies,
in particular
, allow people to feel the reality and see what they will most likely not be able to see in their lives. Personally, when I was a
child
, I liked to watch cognitive programs about wild animals. Unfortunately, my family had only one
TV
, but these programs were the only ones we all wanted to watch. So, we gathered in our living room and watched them in complete silence and I always remember those moments with a smile on my face.
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