The name of the article that I read was
called “Children
From Black Families Exposed to More Background TV.” This article
was about television and children. There have been studies done on
the effects on children that watch too much television. Recently, a
study was done on African American families and television. The study
showed that African American children are watching five and a half to
six hours of television a day compared to other races at four hours.
They said most of these black families are those of low income and
single mothers. These families can also have parents that are less
educated. They also talked about the dangers of the television on in
the background. They said that when the television is on in the
background it can still be detrimental. There were several problems
that could come from this. One thing was “low sustained attention
during play time.” Another thing was “low quality parent-child
interactions and the last thing was reductive performance on
cognitive tasks.” The best thing they said to do was to limit
television as much as possible,such as television during meal and bed
time.
I
really like this article, because this is such an important issue.
There are so many poor families that put their children in front of
the television for some down time. So many of them probably do not
know that too much television is not healthy. Putting this
information out there can help them with these issues. Five and a
half hours of television is way too much television for children in
one day. Children should only watch two hours of television a day
including video games. They should spend more time playing, so they
are getting adequate exercise. One reason I believe that this is
common among black poor families is, because the lack of resources.
These parents do not have the means to put their children in extra
curricular activities, which can lead to more time in front of the
television. I really liked this article.
2:10am
No comments:
Post a Comment