Watching TV is bad for you - I knew it all along! According to the latest research, reported in Medical News Today watching violent telly between the ages of 2 and 5 is linked to aggressive and anti-social behaviour in boys when they reach the age of 7.
Now, I'm no Mary Whitehouse, but film and TV is way more violent than it used to be and we've not even started on computer games. People have said for ages that it's all fine and it has no effect on people but perhaps now we will begin to realise that it does.
Comments (1)
In a ideal world, children under 5 should only watch an hour a day.
However, realistically, it is easier for a parent to dump the child in front of the telly and let that keep them entertained.
Most parents don't mean to leave the kids, but with long work hours and pressures to do everything immediately, sometimes it is the only option.
The real problem though is the producers of programmes, some of the stuff you get on the cartoon network is just appalling.
Bring back the Wombles and Bagpuss I say
Posted by Walter Wall | November 7, 2007 8:13 PM
Posted on November 7, 2007 20:13