The Affects of Television The Affects of Television on Childrenon Children

Jaclyn GarciaJaclyn Garcia

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Television has become a major emphasis in children’s lives. In an effort to explain the impact television has had I will review the current information related to research and studies that have been conducted to learn what impact television has on a child’s mental and social development.

Young children do not understand the difference between reality and television

There is a noticeable difference in a child’s brain with ADD than a child at a normally developing attention span

Studies have shown there is a correlation to the number of hours spent watching television and the child having ADD

Television does not encourage natural play and interaction for

children

Studies have shown that only 1% of non-US

participants had ADHD and nearly

11% of US children had

ADHD

Children, who watch three or more hours of television per day are at

risk for attention problems

The negative affects that

television has on children’s

emotional and social

development.

Thinking and speaking are directly connected

Children need interaction

television is for

entertainment not

education

Television is to the brain as

candy is to the body

Television should be handled the same way every other item is handled in a child’s life… it should be age appropriate and should not

be the be-all and end-all to a child’s life

References:

American Academy of Pediatrics (2001) Children, Adolescents, and Television Retrieved May 12, 2010 from http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/107/2/423?ijkey=464e5f2a1e7155ce955685b81a6012359451934eBrown RT, Freeman WS, Perrin JM, MT Stein, RW Amler, HM Feldman, K Pierce, and ML Wolraich. (2001)Prevalence and assessment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in primary care settings. Pediatrics. 2001;107(3). Retrieved May 12, 2010 from pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/107/3/e43Christakis, Dimitri A. MD, Frederick J. Zimmerman, OhD, David L. Gigiuseppe, MS, and Carolyn A. McCarty, PPhD (2004) Early Television Exposure and Subsequent Attention Problems in Children. Pediatrics Vol. 113 No. 4 Retrieved May 12, 2010 from http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/tvapril.pdfFaber Taylor, Andrea, Frances E. Kuo, and William C. Sullivan (2001) Coping with ADD The Surprising Connection to Green Play Settings. Environment and Behavior, Vol. 33 No. 1 54-77 Retrieved May 12, 2010 from http://www.outdoorfoundation.org/pdf/CopingWithADD.pdfFaraone, Stephen V., Joseph Sergeant, Christopher Gillberge, and Josech Biederman. (2003) The Worldwide Prevalence of ADHD: is it an American Condition? World Psychiatry 2(2): 104-113 Retrieved May 12, 2010 from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1525089/Johnson, Jeffery G. PhD; Patricia Cohen, PhD; Stephanie Kasen, PhD; Judith S. Brook, EdD . (2007). Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicince.. 161(5):480-486. Retrieved May 12, 2010 from http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/161/5/480?maxtoshow=&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=1&andorexacttitle=and&andorexacttitleabs=and&fulltext=television+and+ADD&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=HWCITJohnson, Susan R M.D. (1999) Strangers in Our Homes: TC and Our Children’s Minds Retrieved May 12, 2010 from http://www.waldorflibrary.org/Journal_Articles/Strangers%20in%20our%20Homes.pdf Poplawski, Thomas. (1998) “Losing Our Senses". Renewal: A Journal for WaldorfEducation, Vol. 7, No. 2, Retrieved May 12, 2010 from http://www.waldorflibrary.org/waldorf%20journals%20project/resproject2.pdfWright JC, Huston AC, Murphy KC, M St. Peters, M PiÃton, R Scantlin and J Kotler (2003) The relations of early television viewing to school readiness and vocabulary of children from low-income families: the Early Window Project. Child Dev. 2001;72:1347-1366 Retrieved May 12, 2010 from http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118968699/abstractZuckerman, Diana M. and Barry S. Zuckerman. (1985) Television's Impact onChildren. Pediatrics, Vol. 75, No. 2 Retrieved May 12, 2010 from http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/75/2/385

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