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Negative effects of watching T.V

Television affects children negatively as well. Unfortunately, the adverse affects seem to outnumber the positive ones. Television viewing plays a major role and influence in our children's lives. 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 also learn information from television that may be inappropriate or incorrect. Here are a few ways to affects television badly on children.

• Excessive television viewing is seen to trigger violence or aggression in children.
• Sitting in front of television, for long hours, has been linked with obesity, as physical activity gets diminished considerably.
• Children become influenced towards eating junk foods, as there are a lot of promotions on the television, regarding the same.
• Watching violence scene at an early stage might take the kids scary of the world and find every other human being as mean.
• Spending more times towards watching television leads to poor academic performance, as a child neglects studies.
• Watching television also promote a lack of creativity and enhance passivity. Child shies away from mental and physical workouts.