The Debilitating Effects of Tv on Children

overmatch The Debilitating Effects of TV on Children Topic u02d2 The Debilitating Effects of TV on Children reason Dolores Staggs Date October 18, 2012 115 AM J. Grohol (2009, September 9) The Debilitating Effects of TV on Children The primary(prenominal) arguments that the author is making arTV can be very detrimental to the mental using of children and teenagers. And that it should only be allowed in moderation. Not whenever they want and as much as they want. The main subroutine of this article is To show that Americans watch way too much TV and are raising their children in the same manner.Oblivious to its negative effects on their childs development. The evidence or facts the author uses in this article to bet on their arguments are Researchers at Columbias College of Physicians and Surgeons concluded in 2007, for example, that 14-year-olds who watched one or more hours of television daily were at elevated risk for poor homework completion, negative attitudes toward scho ol, poor grades, and long-term academic failure. Those who watched three or more hours a day were at even greater risk for subsequent attention and cultivation difficulties, and were the least likely to go to college.The main conclusions/inferences in this article are Kids who watch TV are more likely to smoke, to be overweight, to suffer from sleep difficulties, and have other health risk. And are less(prenominal) likely to be successful. No child under age two should watch television at all, the Academy of American Pediatrics advised in 1998. The main assumptions underlying the authors idea are Most parents tend to use TV as a babysitter and do not monitor or care what their kids watch regardless of the future consequences. References Grohol, J. (2009). The Debilitating Effects of TV on Children.