Any activity, absorbing largeof the time the child affect his character. Because the average child watches TV for almost three hours a day, the TV has a great influence on the emerging nature of the child. TV makes most parents ambivalent, because they appreciate its ability to act as a nurse, but at the same time concerned about the content of programs. One group of researchers concluded that in recent years the number of telechasov dedicated to all sorts of crimes increased by 90 percent. Some researchers strongly believe that television - a »school violence», teaches young people to the idea that crime is not only reprehensible, but is a fascinating adventure. The researchers also found that most of what he saw on the screen the child moves in their games. A young child is particularly strongly affected by this because, unlike older children and adults who are not yet able to distinguish fantasy from reality.
Most parents consider cartoonsrelatively harmless television program, but on closer study found that violence in cartoons often mistakenly perceived as fun. One researcher measured the frequency and duration of episodes in children's cartoons of violence and to show only the two main channels for one week (violence is defined as any attempt of one character to cause pain or injury to another character: to link it to restrict the freedom of movement, to break even physically destroy in a fit of anger). He found that in such cartoons as »Tom and Jerry» often present much more violence and aggression than in cartoons horror, which shows the different monsters.
You can rightfully claim that the imagecrime and violence awakens taste for aggression and strengthens it, when this passion has developed. Such films and cartoons are taught how to commit violence, and obscure the consciousness of the child, which is absolutely unacceptable. Constantly seeing violence on the screen, the child ceases to clearly understand the consequences of violence in real life and learn to use violence as a normal method of conflict resolution.
Television often touts mediocre(and in some cases extremely low) value. In many programs and shows, considered a good family entertainment played out dishonesty, illicit sex, divorce, juvenile delinquency and homosexuality. Whenever a child is looking at these things, they produce a negative impression on his mind is fragile; in the case of the frequent recurrence of such stories he develops the corresponding habit, and from habits known to be formed in nature.
Not only that television promotesmediocre value, it also disrupts communication between family members, the child offers comfortable crutches replacing his interaction with family members, making it a callous and indifferent to human suffering, and absorbs most of the free time, thus leaving a child less and less time for games.
But despite the flow of doubtful informationgushing from the TV screen and the detrimental impact on the character and personality of the child, most parents do not filter programs that their children are watching. Studies show that less than half of mothers watching children's television programs and the monitoring process more attention to the number of hours children spend watching television and not on the content of programs. Highly educated parents are increasingly regulate television viewing, but most do it to yourself to see family programs; they are not particularly eager to protect the child from the harmful effects of mind programming, which is carried out through a review of relevant programs. Few mothers forbid children to watch certain TV shows.
Whether as: do you think of the TV, it quietly generates for you the nature of your child's and your own. We do not need to organize a crusade in order to banish from our lives all the media, but we need to develop self-control and parental control to television programs were not for the young minds daily bread for every day.
The most effective means by whichConcerned parents can limit television viewing child, it is to involve it s so-called »TV project.» This project involves the child in the decision-making process in the analysis of television. Think about how much time your child spends in front of a glittering screen, then put on the table a magazine and ask your child to make it a date, name of the program and its duration; Keep a journal for a week.
During the same week mark for yourselfthe content of television programs, which means that you will have to control all the programs which the child looks at a given time. If you need to resort to the help of a nurse. Analyze the record and look for repeating patterns. See whether your child is only cartoons or just a sitcom, or just science fiction? What programs do you assess the positive and what is negative? For what reasons? What values are presented in these programs? What language can hear the baby? How much violence he sees on the screen?
At the end of the week with your child check alljournal entries. Check how long, in your estimation, he spent watching television. Then ask your child to arrange a program that he would like to watch, in descending order of their attractiveness from most favorite to least favorite. If the favorite program your child is the most reprehensible of all, you may have to use his authority. In some cases, you will probably have to work out an agreement whereby you limit while watching TV a few hours a week. A written contract signed by you and the child, with said specific date (the formal contract looks better), can be extremely effective. Keep an agreement in sight at all times during its operation, it will help you ensure its implementation.
Другие виды развлечений могут оказывать на характер ребенка не менее пагубное влияние, чем телевизор. К ним относятся различные видеофильмы, компьютерные игры, книги, журналы, музыкальные программы и посещение развлекательных мест. Решение состоит не в том, чтобы исключить эти вещи из повседневной жизни, просто надо обеспечить адекватную замену. «Запрещая одно, обязательно предлагайте взамен другое», — так учил один пастор, и самое главное — родители должны дарить ребенку самих себя.
