An article about the long lasting affects of media you are exposed to in your childhood.
*Early exposure to media and television has an impact throughout your life.
*The article states that people who spend at least 4 hours a day watching TV have a great chance of being obese in the future, which will affect a lot of other factors in their life.
*Being engulfed in the Television can seriously hurt a child's developing social skills, which are a necessity in finding jobs these days.
*TV can pull children away from their homework, furthermore affecting their schoolwork which is necessary to excelling in high school and going to a good college and finding a well-paying job to support your future family.
*Media can expose children to sex and drugs at a very young age and influence them to possibly do stupid things in their future.
*Media has a long lasting affect on every factor of your life whether it be obesity, behavior problems, social skills, and wits.
http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/family/tv_affects_child.html#
This source is reliable because it was published only a bit over a year ago and reviewed by an MD who knows a lot in the field of study and was found on a big name site for parents and child heath.
1 comment:
I found this really interesting and logical at the same time. The things that tv does to our physical and mental health is really surprising. Many of us don't even realize the effects of watching too much tv, and we should be more informed about this.
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