This time the focus is not on adults nor teens but children who did not have any idea of moderation and balanced lifestyle. It is the parents who planned and scheduled their lives.
In other words, parents have to ensure that the children have a balanced lifestyle in terms of using technology or in this case, TV.
More often than not, TV is being used as a form of distraction for the children so that parents can have sometime to breathe and relax.
Parents may also feel that it is beneficial for the children to be exposed to technology like TV as it will give them a headstart in terms of being tech savvy.
On the flipside, Albert Bandura and others have proven, using longitudinal studies and scientific experiments, that violence in TV can result in violence in children. Just how much does parents screen the tv shows? Even tom and jerry also display form of violence. Take a look at the "Bobo doll experiment".
All these points to what is the parent's perception of TV and its use. Who knows they may have been the ones who started the children on the couch potato culture?
WASHINGTON (AFP) - – Hiding the TV remote and games console controller is a good thing to do to kids if it's the only way to limit the time they spend in front of a screen, according to a study published Monday.
The study, published in the US journal Pediatrics, found that kids who spend hours each day in front of the TV or games console have more psychological difficulties like problems relating to peers, emotional issues, hyperactivity or conduct challenges, than kids who don't.
And contrary to what earlier studies have indicated, the negative impact of screen time was not remedied by increasing a child's physical activity levels, says the study conducted by researchers from the University of Bristol in Britain.
The researchers got 1,013 children between the ages of 10 and 11 to self-report average daily hours spent watching television or playing -- not doing homework -- on a computer. Responses ranged from zero to around five hours per day.
The children also completed a 25-point questionnaire to assess their psychological state, and the time they spent in moderate to vigorous activity was measured using a device called an accelerometer, which was worn around the waist for seven days
The researchers found that children who spent two hours or more a day watching television or playing on a computer were more likely to get high scores on the questionnaire, indicating they had more psychological difficulties than kids who did not spend a lot of time in front of a screen.
Even children who were physically active but spent more than two hours a day in front of a screen were at increased risk of psychological difficulties, indicating that screen time might be the chief culprit.
Earlier studies have found that while more time spent in front of a screen led to lower well-being, physical activity improved one's state of mind. That led researchers to believe that upping physical activity levels could counteract the negative impact of watching TV or playing on the computer.
And many parents and children think that spending a lot of time on the computer or in front of the television is OK if it's part of a "balanced lifestyle", the study in Pediatrics says.
"Excessive use of electronic media is not a concern if children are physically active," the study says.
But its findings indicate that might not be the case, and the researchers advise parents to limit their children's computer use and TV viewing time to ensure their "optimal well-being."
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