The Effects of Watching TV

07/26/2006

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit.
Aristotle

Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children’s Entertainment (TRUCE; www.truceteachers.org), points out that children who watch a lot of TV and movies tend to:

Perform worse in school:

They spend less time reading
They have shorter attention spans
Their vocabulary is not as highly developed

Be more overweight:

They snack excessively while watching TV
They see food in programs and ads that promote unhealthy eating choices
They tend to exercise less

Act the way TV characters act:

Children as young as 1 year old learn behaviors from TV
Children imitate actions and scripts from TV programs instead of creating their own play ideas

See ads that are harmful to them:

Children under the age of 6 cannot tell the difference between and ad in a show and a show
Children are encouraged to nag their parents for things they see on TV.

See violence as an acceptable form of play and way to settle conflicts.

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