Before I had a child, I loved watching television without any criticism. Now, however, I consider and research diverse effects of TV because of my child. One thing that I found about TV is that children's watching TV for a long time can deprive them of their creative ability. Also, I think that TV's poor promotions can cause such social problems as violence or sexual promiscuity. Therefore, I deplore TV.
First of all, I believe that TV can make our thinking ability atrophy, especially for young children. From the education experts, children who watch TV more than two hours everyday have lower I.Q.s than other children who do not. Since while watching, children do not think and use their brain, their creative capacity also becomes weak. I was significantly shocked at the unprecedented research, so I stopped my daughter from watching TV.
Also, I think that TV's poor promotion is the main culprit of numerous social problems, such as violences and sexual promiscuity. A broadcasting company usually depends on its stakeholders' investments. Therefore, most TV media consider more about ratings than good news. As a result, their interests become a stimuli for people to watch their shows, and thus many programs are becoming violent and sexual. Sometimes, I cannot even watch a TV show with my family because it shows extremely sexually provocative scenes.
All in all, what I most disappove of about TV are that TV makes our children foolish and that it causes a variety of social problems. To raise my child's creativity and to prevent her from being violent, I do not turn on the TV. |