2. Table of Contents The Good The Bad The Ugly Some Statistics Some Studies Turn the TV Off Websites and Organizations Summary
3. The Good Different cultural experiences Current Events Knowledge Important values and lessons Various forms of music Opens different doors and windows in their mind
4. The Bad Makes kids scared of the world Untrusting of people Poor academic Performance Obesity-physical activity diminishes Lack of creativity Develop either inferiority or superiority complex causing depression and underestimating themselves
5. The Ugly Seems to trigger violence or aggression in children Sexual content on TV Gender-role and social stereotype in children
6. Some Statistics Average American child will see 200,000 violent acts and 16,000 murders on TV by age 18 Programs for children may more violence than adult TV Every US animated feature film produced between 1937 and 1999 contain some form of violence
7. Studies: University of Michigan 15 year-long study: researchers found that the link between childhood TV-violence viewing and aggressive and violent behavior persists into adulthood 17 year-long study found that teenage boys who grew up watching more TV each day are more likely to commit acts of violence than those who watched less
8. Turn the TV Off Paint a picture Go to the park or playground Read a book Go on an nature walk Act out a favorite story Dance Blow Bubbles Go to the beach Play games Plant a garden
9. Websites and Organizations The smart parent’s guide to kids TV from the AAP GuiaparaVer la Television en Familia, a Spanish publication from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) The Federal Communication Commissions (FCC) pace on Children’s educational TV The Nature Institute on Media and the Family Mediawise
10. Summary While the verdict is not completely settled on the good, the bad and the ugly. It has been proven that watching TV does effect a young child's journey into adulthood towards violence if they watch to much TV with violence in the programming.
