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Television viewing is a major activity and influence on children. Children in the United States watch an average of three to four hours of television a day. While television can entertain, inform, and keep our children company, it may also influence them in undesirable ways. Time spent watching television takes away from important activities such as reading, school work, playing, exercise, family interaction, and social development. Children who watch a lot of television are likely to have lower grades in school, read fewer books, exercise less, and be overweight. Parents can help by doing the following: ♦ Don’t allow children to watch long blocks of TV. ♦ Help them choose suitable programmes. Children’s shows on public TV are appropriate, but soap operas, adult sitcoms and adult talk shows are not. ♦ Set certain periods when the television will be off. Study times are for learning, not for sitting in front of the TV doing homework. Make TV viewing an active process for child and parent!
75. How much TV do children in the United States watch on an average day? ___________________________________________________________________________
76. What are the good effects of television on children? ___________________________________________________________________________
77. What may be the bad effects of watching too much TV on school work? ___________________________________________________________________________
78. Should parents let their children watch TV for a long time? ___________________________________________________________________________
79. Which programmes are appropriate for children and which are not? ___________________________________________________________________________
80. What can parents do to limit their child’s screen time?
75. How much TV do children in the United States watch on an average day? _______________ Children in the United States watch an average of three to four hours of television a day.____________________________________________________________
76. What are the good effects of television on children? _________________ It can entertain, inform, and keep the children company.__________________________________________________________
77. What may be the bad effects of watching too much TV on school work? __________________ Time spent watching television takes away from important activities such as reading, school work, playing, exercise, family interaction, and social development._________________________________________________________
78. Should parents let their children watch TV for a long time? _____________________ No, they shouldn't.______________________________________________________
79. Which programmes are appropriate for children and which are not? ______________Children’s shows on public TV are appropriate, but soap operas, adult sitcoms and adult talk shows are not._____________________________________________________________
80. What can parents do to limit their child’s screen time? Set certain periods when the television will be off.
Television viewing is a major activity and influence on children. Children in the United States watch an average of three to four hours of television a day. While television can entertain, inform, and keep our children company, it may also influence them in undesirable ways. Time spent watching television takes away from important activities such as reading, school work, playing, exercise, family interaction, and social development. Children who watch a lot of television are likely to have lower grades in school, read fewer books, exercise less, and be overweight. Parents can help by doing the following: ♦ Don’t allow children to watch long blocks of TV. ♦ Help them choose suitable programmes. Children’s shows on public TV are appropriate, but soap operas, adult sitcoms and adult talk shows are not. ♦ Set certain periods when the television will be off. Study times are for learning, not for sitting in front of the TV doing homework. Make TV viewing an active process for child and parent!
75. How much TV do children in the United States watch on an average day? _____Children in the United States watch an average of three to four hours of television a day______________________________________________________________________
76. What are the good effects of television on children? _____television can entertain, inform, and keep our children company______________________________________________________________________
77. What may be the bad effects of watching too much TV on school work? ______Time spent watching television takes away from important activities such as reading, school work, playing, exercise, family interaction, and social development. _____________________________________________________________________
78. Should parents let their children watch TV for a long time? ______No,they shouldn't_____________________________________________________________________
79. Which programmes are appropriate for children and which are not? ____Children’s shows on public TV are appropriate, but soap operas, adult sitcoms and adult talk shows are not._______________________________________________________________________
80. What can parents do to limit their child’s screen time?
Set certain periods when the television will be off.
