Posted by Piyada Suwanpinij on December 15, 19101 at 10:48:26:
Some people believe that watching television is harmful to children. Others oppose this belief. In my opinion, watching television is bad for children. It causes some health problems and also detract them from playing outdoors wiht their friends.
Watching television, especially watching it too closely, certainly bring about myopia in children. This problem is serious because it appears to be nearly impossible to recover. Myopic children have to suffer almost all of their life because of just watching television to closely. Nowadays, more children become myopic. This situation will be even worse when time pass by because these children’s offsprings can inherit short-sightedness. Moreover, almost all myopic children can be more short-sighted when they are older.
Another health problem is that when children are addicted to a night TV program, they will lack of sleep and cannot study efficiently. For me, my father never let me see night programs when I was very young. However, I sometimes broke his rule and I would be very sleepy in the next day. I think that other parents should also avoid their children from watching night programs.
Besides, I believe that children should spend some time playing outdoors with their friends. This makes them healthy and have a lot of friends. However, watching television probably substitute outdoor activities. Consequently, children who love watching television will have less exercise and become weak as well as have fewer friends.
In conclusion, because of many bad effect on children, I agree that watching television is bad for children.