Some people think watching TV is bad for children,while others think that watching TV has more beneficial effects on children.
Discuss both sides and give your own opinion.
Watching TV is one of the most important children’s leisure activities.
However, whether it brings more harm than good has caused heated debate.
My view is that too much time spent on it surely has negative impacts on kids and parents should filter out the inappropriate programs and channels for them.
With the rapid development of science and technology, TV shows are
to get addicted to them. When children spend more time sitting in front of a screen, they are isolated fromthe real world. They don’th ave enough time to socialize, toengage inoutdoor activities whichare crucial for their physical growth.
Also, their eyesight will be weakened by staring at the screen for too long.
Moreover, questionable content onTV will have negative effects onchildren
since they are impressionable.The fact that many developing countries including China lack TV program rating system means that children are more easily exposed to indecent TV scenes. So, TV is not always a good one inthe sense that parents
really cannot control what comes on the screen.
Of course,there are many educational and inspirational TV shows,such as Disney cartoons which enable kids to have fun in learning process,facilitate their intellectual development and help children learn caring, sharing, courage and other virtues from an early age. These benefits of TV on children’s education cannot be denied.
In sum, spending long time watching TV is harmful and parents should either follow TV rating guideline or carefully choose the programs for children.
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
A child ’s educationhas never beenabout learninginformationand basic
skills only. It has always included teachingthe next generationhow to be good
members of society. Therefore, this cannot be the responsibility of the parents alone.
In order to be a good member of any society the individual must respect and obey the rules of their community and share their values. Educatingchildrento
understand the need to obey rules and respect others always begins in the home and is widely thought to be the responsibility of parents. They will certainly be the first to help children learn what is important in life, how they are expected to
behave and what role they will play in their world.
However, learning to understand and share the value system of a whole society cannot be achieved just in the home. Once a child goes to school, they are entering a wider community where teachers and peers will have just as much influence as their parents do at home. At school, children will experience working andlivingwithpeoplefroma wholevariety of backgrounds fromthewider society.
This experience should teach them how to co-operate with each other and how to contribute to the life of their community.
But to be a valuable member of any community is not like learninga simple
skill. It is something that an individual goes on learning throughout life and is the responsibility of every member of a society to take responsibility for helpingthe
younger generation to become active and able members of that society.。