Reasons why you should kick the TV out of your room  

I have not watch any TV shows for quite while. I have a TV in my bedroom beside my computer. I rarely open my TV since I'm always in front of my computer.

Most of the bad effects of TV are on kids. They do not choose well what they watch. I agree with TV affecting your sleeping pattern most especially when you get bored or the internet is down.

My 6 year old wants to have a TV in our room, but I don't approve. I'm aware of the its harmful effects, not to mention the 'yin-yang' imbalance it creates in the room. I think you get too much yang when you have TV or a component inside a room, which makes you active in a place where you should be resting/sleeping. It causes disharmony, thus the negative effect. These must be placed in the living room instead.

I think its all a matter of self-control and parental guidance to the kids. We have tvs in each room and even have a tv tuner installed in our computer. My child is a TV addict but she knows how to obey us when we say her TV time is over and she must do her homework, etc. The smoker issue could be traced to media influence - its in the ads, actors, actress smoke, etc so teens think that its just ok or its a fad.

The parent's or the guardian's intervention is really important. They must teach at an early age that everything should be done or taken in moderation as much as possible. TV chould be used as baby sitter either. Kids must also know that not everything they see in TV, not even those they read in books are true. We must teach them how to be analytical and realistic at the earlist possible age.

Sounds like those adults that are messing up their sleeping patterns need to get Tivo! =p

I'm not sure how watching tv increases the chances of smoking. However, if this was in old times where in all the old shows the cool thing to do was smoke, I would definitely see how it would increase the chances of smoking. I mean, I see virtually no ad's promoting ciggarettes of any kind at least in the state I live in. I also dont really see very many new shows promoting the use of ciggarettes so on my opinion this study is bogus unless all these kids are watching oldies channels which I find hard to believe.

I can see TV making you overweight but only because you become a couch potato if you're a real tv addict.

As for TV making you dumber? Nah, it's not tv. It's you as a person & your personal decisions. If you choose to watch tv instead of studying for a test, yeah of course you aren't going to be as bright. I do agree to some degree though. There are some shows on tv that if you watch them in particular can probably result in you being a little less bright. Not to mention that a lot of commercials are trying to dumb you down so you buy their product more easily.

Hope this is a good enough response for ya, ;P

I used to want a TV in my room but over the last year my TV watching hours have decreased dramtically...I think I'm down to about 7 or 8 hours a week. Hours at my computer though ... well, that's on average about 3 hours a day..slightly more on weekends.

I really hate television. I used to have one in my bedroom, but now its broken, and it was a great thing. I love movies so if i want to watch someting i just download or buy what i want to watch and do so on my pc.

I think its very obvious that a PC can enhance your brain while the tv can only make you dumber (lol)..but i have some problems with my pc, because i really use it to much. I never had this problem with TV fortunately as i cant find programs of my interest. I watch the news sometimes but its not a habit, i used to watch the Simpsons because its he only show i really love here in Italy but now it was rescheduled. I watched it while eating lunch, now its not there any longer..i have seen all episodes anyway.

Kill your TV!!

i have to agree with you and while we have a tv in our bedroom, its hardly on (i do watch it to watch the local news and weather in the morning while i am getting ready for work.) as for our kids rooms, no way would i have one in either one of our daughter's rooms because we would never see them again!!

I had a TV for 15years ago.
Only time I looked on it,was when I was unemployed.
Now adays,I´m also unemployed,and have no TV,and I don´t miss it.
Some people use it,when they will look at the news,the news you can read on the net or listen to from the radio.

Thanks for giving us enough good reasons not to have TV in our room. I am not so interested in TV today, I am more addicted to computer. So it's not so necessary for me to have a TV at my bedroom. I already have one desktop and two laptops at my bedroom. So I have no room for TV.

it's about self-control.

i have a tv in my room but i really only watch it for maybe 2 hours a day? at night before and while i'm going to sleep.
i set my sleep timer.