Contrast Essay on the Impact of Television Programs on Children

Educational programs benefits children more than movies and cartoons. Children between the ages of four to twelve should be encouraged to watch educational programs more because it is through this medium that they get to build up their knowledge of the society, history, current affairs and other information.
Movies and cartoons are addictive to a child; therefore, they tend to watch it all day until they are either interrupted by their parents or by sleep. In the situation whereby a child resides in front of a TV for twenty four hours within a day and the parent permits it; the parent as a result contributes to the downfall of his child. In movies for example: a child is exposed to many ideas, thoughts, and dreams which will obviously have both positive and negative contents. The images the child incurs when watching these movies may include images of violence, sex, and strong language. These contribute to the child wanting to imitate those behaviors. …