Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Should young children have limited TV time?

Based on your vote, explain your answer. Use DEX from the text to support your answer.





Refer to the article

34 comments:

Anonymous said...

My perspective is that children shouldn't have limited time. Would you like it if you had to have limited time on a TV? Everyone loves the television. There's no point to ever have limited time in a tv. I think one a child do everything they need to do, then they should have the right to see has much television has they want to. That's what I think about this.

Anonymous said...

There are many parents maybe that believe that children / kids shouldn't watch T.V. at all. I picked NO I believe that kids should be able to watch T.V. I chose the answer "NO", because like a parent said in the article, "Kids can learn things like ABC's and learn how to share." Some also think that their kids can learn certain skills. I have enough DEX to support my answer NO, that's a good reason why I picked No. As well as me having my own opinion NO still was going to be my answer without the resource of the article.

Anonymous said...

I believe that young children should have limited TV time because according to the story it might mess up a child's mind. For example children like to see carton's, watching to much cartoon can affect the way the brain grows. Also watching to much TV can turn into an addiction and children would only enjoy seeing TV.

Anonymous said...

Why should young kids have a TV limit time for? In the article the doctors say young kids under six should not watch TV at all. They think kids miss out in important experiences in life. They kids can watch as much TV they want. It is mainly based on the parents as well. These kids under six can not control them selfs. The mother/father should give the kids an amount of TV they can watch. Kids under six don't need a limit of how much TV they can watch because it don't do any thing to them at all.

Anonymous said...

What are kids learning from watching tv? Why are the parents letting their child watch show like CSI or ER. Kids won't understand these shows or get the information given to them. What these show will do is give these kids an idea of who they want to be. For example, If a young child watches a horror movie and likes the character then you might have a future psychopath. They only time kids should be watching tv to learn from is when there old enough to get the message .

Anonymous said...

I think that children shouldn't have limited time on television. Everybody love to watch television. I think it's just a watch of time for people to say that kids should have limited time on television. They should have the right to watch as much television as they want. Other people should not tell other peoples kids how much television they should watch.

Anonymous said...

Kids shouldn't have a limit of how much T.V. they watch because science is not always right. If the program that they are watching is the problem then monitor what your kid watches. I watched a bunch of T.V. when I was younger and I turned out fine. It may not apply to everybody else, but T.V. is not the problem if they can't focus they may have a learning disability. You just can't blame it on T.V.

Anonymous said...

I agree that children should have a limited time to watch TV. This is because kids can learn a more things from TV. For example,about whats around them and who's around them. Most children never know what they want to be until they see someone doing it. Tell me, what kid you know that wants to be and actor ? I know someone who does, she knew that she wanted to be an actor because she saw someone acting on the television. Just think about your children's FUTURE !!!

Anonymous said...

T.V has a very strong effect on young peoples live. I say this because many people copy what they see from television. Most people believe that what they see on t.v is something that they should be doing. Other people try things that they see on t.v to see if its really true. An example would be when the young boy got killed in his house because of something him and his cousin saw on t.v. By that being said, young children should have limited or no t.v time. Not only does it effect their lives, but as the article said, early TV-watching can affect how the brain develops.

Anonymous said...

I believe that children younger then two shouldn't have a time limited on watch TV. It's not like the child is dying from watching TV. You have the fact that many kids learn new thing while watch TV. You have children shows you can put on for them. For Example, seameas street is a good show for kids trying to learn there ABC's. That's why children younger then two should be able to watch as much TV as there parent want them two.

Anonymous said...

Do you think children should have limited tv time ? Well i don"t. By watching tv for a long time it they could learn new things. TV keeps the kids busy. This allows parents to do other things, like cook dinner and clean up the house. I think that TV can teach lessons. Kids can learn things like their ABCs and how to count. Watching tv can keep there minds going and could let them express the feelings or emotions by watching tv. By having a limited tv time for children they will not be thinking properly. They will get out of control and the parent could not do there other things like chores.

Anonymous said...

Do you think that young children should have limited time on the television. I say yes that children should have a limited amount of time on the Tv. I believe that the Tv can effect there minds. Every little thing they do on the television the kids are gonna learn from it and start doing. Personally I never used sit up in front of the Tv when i was little. There was other things i did. So kids need to be doing something more constructive then the Tv. And if they do have to watch there definitely needs to be limit.

Anonymous said...

There are many reasons why young children should watch tv.kids experience great things watching tv. not only is there cartoons there is great lessons that get taught watching tv.no one should not say no for children to not watch it.tv is another school for young ones untill school arrives and when it does you can never have too much education!!!everyone should enjoy watching tv.its great entertainment.

Anonymous said...

I think that TV will not mess up a child. I also think that when you watch TV you can learn more about the world. When you watch TV you can learn about stuff like global warming. It is very important to know about global warming. If global warming was not that bad we would not need to know about it coming from the news. Most TV is very important.

Anonymous said...

Children ages six and under should be limited on television time.Children today watch too much T.V. . Half the things they watch they end up repeating in public.Yes they can learn there ABC's,but they are also learning how to swear because they are nt watching something that is not age appropriate.We have to remember that a child's mind tends to expand extremely fast.So they are picking up things that we would normally watch that should not be viewed by young children. In closing I feel that childen should watch at least two hours or less wtching television.Also parent should install v-chips into the T.V,and watch television with your child.

Anonymous said...

i say that no children should not have a time limit. because like they said in the artical i read. kids can learn stuff from tv. like ABC's and stuff like that. but it also depends on what they are watching. if it was like something educational then yea yea i would not mind them to watch tv. so no i think younger kids should not have a time limit.

Anonymous said...

Many parents think its ok for they kids to watch tv because they have to things to do and its keeping they child busy.Its true,but watching to much tv is not good because they mind will not be focus on they school work. For example i do watch to much tv and when i go to school i am talking about the tv show ,but not my school work. your mind just slips to a subject that is not about school.Doctors say kids should watch a little tv less than 2 hours a day. Also doctors say tv is bad because kids don't do well in school.For my perspective WE should watch A little tv.

Anonymous said...

We all have our own ways of looking at a certain situation. For example, in the situation with young children watching to much television everyone has their own point of view. As in my perspective I believe that young children should have a time limit to watch television. As reading the article many parents are not following the advice doctors give them. Doctors have told many parents that young children watching so many television can affect their brains and they can spend less attention in school. Parents are not following this because television let's them do much more keeping their children busy. I do not agree with this because I believe our education comes before anything.

-Maxiel Guerrero

Anonymous said...

I think young children should have a time limited watching tv. TV is bad for young kids and babies. TV rots people's brains. Doctors support these ideas in the article. Kids that watch TV a lot become a part of the TV. I know a kid that talks like the TV. He gets too many things from TV. That's the reason why I think that they should limit TV for young kids.

Anonymous said...

Parents should be more responsible for their children and the things they watch. Parents shouldn't just hand the remote to their child and let them watch anything they feel like. Yes I agree that children should have limits to the t.v. I think so because not all children should be watching t.v especially if they're under age. If parents let them do and watch anything they feel like,that's more of a chance that they can get influenced in the wrong way. It's just like they mentioned in the article how a young girl tried to do C.P.R on her sibling. That's a good thing for her to know, but it's the wrong age and the wrong time.

Anonymous said...

I think the most amazing invention of all time was the television. for years and years tv has been something people do regularly. It's been something that has existed in our household. I think that television should not be limited because. Tv is can be a learning experiencer. TV can teach and help u learn lessons of life.

Anonymous said...

Children ages six and under should be limited on television time.Children today watch too much T.V. . Half the things they watch they end up repeating in public.Yes they can learn there ABC's,but they are also learning how to swear because they are not watching something that is not age appropriate.We have to remember that a child's mind tends to expand extremely fast.So they are picking up things that we would normally watch but should not be viewed by young children. In closing I feel that children should watch at least two hours or less watching television.Also parent should install v-chips into the T.V,and watch television with your child.

Anonymous said...

Children ages six and under should be limited on television time.Children today watch too much T.V. . Half the things they watch they end up repeating in public.Yes they can learn there ABC's,but they are also learning how to swear because they are not watching something that is not age appropriate.We have to remember that a child's mind tends to expand extremely fast.So they are picking up things that we would normally watch but should not be viewed by young children. In closing I feel that children should watch at least two hours or less watching television.Also parent should install v-chips into the T.V,and watch television with your child.

Anonymous said...

I also agree with Escarolyn because it has been seen in many cases that young children watch to many cartoons. As much as they watch they do turn television into an addiction and some young children even act like the cartoons.

-Maxiel

Anonymous said...

A child's mind is very important to learning and growing. In my opinion i feel that kids time for watching television should be limited. The more kids watch television they have less time to grow. Kids might grow mentally but not physically. Watching too much T.V leads kids to forgeting their responsibilities. Kids stop focusing on what is really important in life and they lose touch of reality.

Anonymous said...

children should not have an limited time to watch t.v. because many kids could learn more by watching t.v. so yes let the kids watch. It will not effect no one but you. so i think its ok for young kids to watch t.v. but t.v for childern not the older shows that have so much violients and other bad things that could be learned to the young kid. but to have more two hours becauce one show or movie is two hours long.

Anonymous said...

Do you think toddlers should be exposed to all the information the television gives out? Kids that are young pick up things easy. For example doing what their parents do or what they see other's do around them. When toddlers recive informations that is good or bad they follow it. It's a faze that all children go through. Kids can learn to turn channels, but not knowing what they are watching while the mother is off off cooking, cleaning,etc. However, sometimes some televisions shows do feed knowledgeable information to toddlers, but the issue still remains that too much television time can hurt the child's brain in certain ways.

Anonymous said...

I personally agree with Maxiel. It's true what she says because most parents don't care what their children watch. The only thing they're worried about is themselves and what they can do to keep the children busy. I also agree with her when she mentioned that children should be more engaged in school and their education. Even if they don't understand what school means at least they're engaged in school and not in fantasy that's not reality.

Anonymous said...

Having a limit might not change anything.I think that children should have a limit.Then I believe they should not have a limit because having a limit wouldn't stop them from watching TV.Since having a certain amount of time is something that they would get mad about.Either because theres a favorite show or movie on.Tht they really want to watch.So based on my perspective I think that young kids should not have a limit.

Anonymous said...

Should young children have limited time in front of the TV? no they should have more time to watch TV but not long enough to stay up all night.Because if they stay up all night they'll fail in school.and won't have enough time to play with friends.

Anonymous said...

Should children have a limit to watch t.v.The artical say that watching alotof t.v is not healthey for kids. I think kids should watch t.v how long they want.Know one should tell you how long you should watch t.v.For some people t.v is they life you don't want to take that away.

Anonymous said...

Should children have a limit to watch t.v.The artical say that watching alotof t.v is not healthey for kids. I think kids should watch t.v how long they want.Know one should tell you how long you should watch t.v.For some people t.v is they life you don't want to take that away.

Anonymous said...

TVs are taking over the world. The reason why I put no as my answer is because babies are starting to learn to walk and talk, not watching TV. I will let my baby watch TV. I just want my baby watch TV that have to do with learning. TV is not that important. Thank you!!

Anonymous said...

There are many things that the younger generation need to learn. For,example, by watching television this can help young children to use there imagination at a young age. I believe that younger children should not spend a limited time in front of the television. This is said because television can help children to learn many things just by watching an educational cartoon. For Instance, ''Dora the explorer'' can teach a kid how to count, and how to speak in spanish which can tea ch them about another culture. Yes on the other side they might say children can learn these things by reading, but can a baby read at such a young age?NO! so it is better for them to watch it on television because then they can enjoy it more. So it is up to parents to make sure there kids are watching the right chanell as well.

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