Television and Its Effects to Our Children's Health

Television and other forms of media are very entertaining to all ages. People love all programs in the television like news, sports, comedy shows, sitcom, telenovelas, movies, game show, talent competition and many more. But we might overlook the fact that watching too much television has a big impact in our children's over all health.

Children aged 2 to 10 are very sensitive on what they see and hear on your television sets. Especially those infants that are beginning to develop their mental capacities. As a parents or a guardian, we must protect our children from the different nature they can absorbed by watching TV.

Researchers said that an average child living in the developed countries, may already spent an estimated year long exposure to the television by the age of 6. Research shows that watching TV in a long period of time has a damaging effect on child's physiological, mental and over all health.

Below are the alarming bad effects of watching too much television to our health.

- Obesity
- Short sightedness
- Diabetes
- Aggressive behavior
- Premature puberty
- Cancer
- Autism
- Poor concentration
- Poor memory
- Inferiority complex
- Lower IQ
- Alzheimer's in Adulthood

Television today is a way of life, no one can live without it. So how can we prevent these diseases from our children while enjoying the benefits of television? The good news is that there are better solution to the problem. The lists below can be implemented to your own family culture.

- Children aged 2 - 6 must only watch learning and educational shows. This programs can help improve the learning process of your child as well as promote better health for them.

- Children aged 7 - 10 must only watch family oriented shows. Family oriented shows can help develop your children's emotional side and can enlightened them with family values. This can also help them to further understand the different responsibilities at home.

- Limit your child viewing experience for just 2 hours a day. It is important that you won't watch television with your child at night time. Television shows varies its targeted audience so be responsible when watching TV.

- Keep all your movie videos that are not suitable for children. Children are too curious on just about anything. They can even operate your movie player alone so keeping your favorite action movies from your children's reach will be a good step to avoid the bad effects of television.

- Give more time to your children. Spending more time with your child is much better alternative than watching television. This will better improve your relationship to your child. It has been studied that children who spent more time with their parents are less prone to deadly vices like smoking, alcohol and illegal drugs.

In summary, television today are used in pre-schools to better develop their over all abilities and talents. The only bad thing about television is the over exposure from it. All things must be taken moderately and television viewing is one of them. All of this depends on how adults and parents manage their children's time with television. Remember, parents should be the one watching our children and not the television. Watch the kids and be responsible.

Noah Mark Rodolfo is an alternative natural healthcare practitioner and is committed to bring the best health and wellness information online. Get the most updated news about health, diseases, weight loss and proper nutrition on his website at http://www.healthtalkbuzz.com.