Tv for kids good or bad?

Hi, I think that depends on the type of TV programs you allow your kids to watch. Many show for kids are educational, exactly the type you want as parents while the others promote bad behaviour whether we realize it or not. One thing you should be aware of TV is the powerful advertising that target kids. TV programs are mostly bad influence for kids if you're not there beside them helping them seeing which is acceptable and which is not. Otherwise they would be like sponges, absorbing anything they see and then practice what was seen on TV in real life.

If it is today's cable tv as it is without any censor than I guess the effect is more negative than positive but if it is a selected programs for the kids and is chosen by the guardian it may help the kid in a positive way.....as far as I can see the tv is full of indecency and violence...

When my kids are watching movies, i have to be with their side so that i could monitor what they are watching especially scenes which are not appropriate for them to see. i don't let them watch movies which is for older ones.

I've told this before...before you joined...so I'll do my best to give the abbreviated version (NO WAY!!! ) My best friend refused to allow her sons to watch The Simpsons because she felt it was an irreverent, woman bashing show. What did ALL 3 of her boys do??? They made sure they were at a friends house when it came on so they could see it anyway!!! Personally, I think she MISSED a GREAT opportunity to instill her own moral standards in her sons. I think she should have let the boys watch it at her house & then have a short chat with them after the show to tell them what she saw as right or wrong with the show. She did NOT stop her boys from watching the show. However, the boys input after the show was one of their friends telling them what a cool show it was!!! Had they watched it at home,, she could have said this part bothered me because... Yes, that means a parent has to actually make time to spend with their child!!! I don't believe in blaming the television for screwing up our children. I think it is the parent's place to say this is what is right or wrong about that show!!! I grew up on Dennis the Menace & Leave it to Beaver. I was NEVER as bad as Dennis nor as good as Beaver!!! Mighty Mouse used to take lit cigars & shove them up the bad wolf's butt. I didn't notice that until I was 35 years old & I NEVER had the urge to stick a lit cigar up anybody's butt!!! I believe that television is a convenient excuse for a parent to be able to say it's NOT MY FAULT!!! I firmly believe that, when in doubt, watch it with them & give them your point of view....whethe they want it or not!!!

I used to watch Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street.

Didn't have cable when I was growing up, not till I was about 10 or 11.

I believe that what the programs kids watch affect them. At a young age, they are not supposed to watch certain programs that deplicts violence until they grow older and are able to understand what life is all about so the best thing to do is screen what they watch.

Some of the programs can influence kids while they are growing up.But as the parents you need to tell them that it is just a show and what they do on the TV show they can not do.

I'm a strong believer that television can be bad in our society. It has many benefits, though, as there are a ton of educational shows and it gives updates on news around the world. But television is quickly replacing sports and other activities. Humans weren't made to sit at home and watch virtual lives running amuck. We were made to live them, and that doesn't mean being trapped in a house.

Now back to your question. I think that letting your kids watch occassionally is fine. It may have some effect on them, but if you always make sure that they know that what they are watching is BAD, and that they shouldn't do those kinds of things, they should be fine. Television has a bad influence on kids whose parents just let them watch so that they don't have to play with them. In those cases, the kids tend to end up as young hooligans. But if you really take care of your child, then nothing will go wrong.

My daughter used to live and breathe disney channel! we had it on all day long, even if we went watching it, tv was on in the background. then i started to notice that she was getting sassy like "hannah montana" and I outlawed it. well that left us w/ nothing good to watch at night, so i started putting the radio on instead. She started doing more with her toys and things to peak her curiousity. eventually we left the radio off too and i was amazed she was playing with paper dolls and making a conversation between them. so one thing led to another and we have been a virtually t.v. free home since janurary!! we have never been happier! and the way i presented it to other people they would respond "thats great!!!!" and she became proud of it. now i do let her watch 30-60 mins a day of ch 9 which is pbs all the shows are learning things, she only watches in the morning before school (it keeps her from falling back asleep!) durning summer we didn't even turn the t.v. on. now if i'm very tired or back is hurting (i have 4 ruptured disks) and i say "lets put in a movie" she will say NO!!!!!! and put on a play for me instead. Its the best thing i have ever done for our small family of two.

Yes Kids do learn bad by watching television or movies. How do you feel when you watch a commercial? Kids learn fast and they don't distinguish from bad and good easily.