Media and Kid

 

Television is often blamed for having a harmful effect on children. In what ways does TV exert a negative influence on children? In what ways does TV exert a positive influence on children?　

The TV make kid quiet, be focus on it,　and kids study a lot of words from it.　TV lets me have a break to cook for kids. My second son　told me, "Snake is not a good pet." When he can't zip his jacket, he always says to me, "I'll keep doing it." He does that just because Kailan says so in cartoon show. These are positive influence about the media on children.

On the other side, TV isolates kids from　playing with other kids, talking, and reading with their parents. The TV programs are full of sex, drugs, alcohol, swearing, and violence.　It　cuts down on imagination and creativity. The kid is not innocent. The drug, sex abuse all　over, in　little kid's schools.　The kids are affected by their "TV baby sitter" so much. They become so materialistic that they want more and more from their parents. They want some expensive stuff just because they saw it on TV.　

Should we turn off TV or threw it away from window?　I believe　my son will cry a lot for it. Then how do parents protect their kids? When I think this problem, suddenly Mrs. Chen, a mother for two kids,　comes into my mind. She　cleans the dishes, the clothes, the bathroom so hard,　so　she can make sure there is "No" virus at all in the house. But when the family went out for vacation, the kids and her husband got sick at once during the travel. Obviously Mrs. Chen protects the kids so well. But what happened to the kids after they are protected so well? They don't have the ability to resist the virus.

The world is full of virus, but we are healthy because we have immunity to protect us not to be infected by them. When the weather changes, some get a cold, but some stay healthy. It depends on if they have sports, enough sleep and healthy food to keep their immunity strong. So we still live in such a dangerous world full of virus, not a clean room without virus, for we have strong immunity to protect ourselves.

We are living in a world, surrounded with media, TV, Internet, and advertisements. We need them, or we don’t know the plane fares　and job information. We can't　escape from them even for one day. We know what is good for us, and what is not. Before we choose the information we can judge them. When My husband saw the ad letters, he just said " junk, junk " then, he gave them up.　Adults have their values　and they　are not led by them. But the kids are easy to be led, for they need time to build their own values in mind. They need our help and direction. Of course we need to say "No" to them sometimes, for it is our responsibility as a parent. The businessmen need to sell their product, but we need to tell our kids what is the best for them. One day when they grow up then　they will make their own decision on what kind of life they want.

I believe what I should do is not only to say no to the kids, but building their spirit immunity for them. Isolating them will not　keep them safe from the sex, drugs, alcohol, and violence, but the immunity will do the job.

When my kids watch TV, I will show him which person is bad and why they are bad. I can't isolate my kids, for they will get in contact with a lot of people in the future including bad people. I can't tell him everybody in the world is nice and honest, because it is not the truth. But I can tell them what they should do when they meet a bad person.

This is a world　full of information some good and　some bad. We can’t change it. But we can change our kids.　We can teach them to identify the　good from the bad. 　Building　good values in their minds will help them choose the best thing for themselves.