Are you addicted to television?
It would be nice to see how much time you and your family spend watching TV. You can even put a piece of paper and a pen next to the TV and write down how much TV you watch and who watches TV each day in a typical week. Then add. The results might surprise you.
To determine if you are addicted to television, ask yourself the following questions:
1. Are you looking forward to the end of the day to watch your favorite shows?
2. Do you watch TV when your favorite shows are over and continue to watch others?
3. Do you do the above (1 and 2) night after night?
4. Do you prefer to watch TV rather than going out with friends or doing things with your family?
5. Do you turn on the television in the morning when you have the chance?
6. Do you hold the device in your hand even if you are not looking at it?
7. Are you upset at night when you can't watch TV?
8. Do you defend yourself if you are accused of watching too much television?
9. Do you find excuses for trying too hard?
10. Do you spend more hours watching TV than any other leisure activity combined?
If you answered yes to more than one of these questions, it means that some TV addiction has already started.
Take control
How to control excessive television viewing? First of all, you need to understand that almost anything that is superfluous can be harmful to humans.
Good food is good, but is it food? Drinking alcohol can be fun, but is alcoholism fun? Sleep is important for good health, but there are many things that can affect your body and soul.
However, it may be easier to identify something as potentially dangerous than to take steps to control it. And that is certainly the case with many people who watch television.
Good control requires discipline. And that requires adequate motivation.
It may help to approach the problem as if your doctor has told you to avoid a harmful practice. Watching a lot of television is a practice that can be harmful to both physical and mental health. Knowledge can motivate some to develop the discipline required for moderation.
To make it easier to control the TV, some have placed their devices in a location where it is not convenient to spend long hours on them. This can be in a room that is most often used by all members of the family. Some have kept the TV in a closet or closet, which requires some preparation to view it. Since a room is too good to be seen for long periods of time, many do not have a television.
Some families have a schedule, they only watch certain programs, and the television is off the rest of the time. Replacing other activities also helps eg. B. set aside a few evenings for family conversations, reading, or other leisure activities the whole family can do.
Of course, moderation can also be unproductive if the audience sheds light on misconceptions. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to the content of the program.
Parental Guidance(PG)
Parents have a great responsibility to monitor the listening habits of their children. Some parents say "no" to a child who wants to play on a busy street because of the danger. But the parents themselves will give their children uncontrolled access to television. They must therefore learn that their "no" means exactly that. And most kids will stop complaining about TV when they find their parents aren't giving up.
Of course, no one can set any rules for what parents should do about it. But it's interesting to see what others have done successfully. For example, some limit the number of hours children are allowed to watch on school days to one hour a day or half an hour and an hour or two on weekends. Other parents have shut off television completely for their children during school hours and allowed limited quantities on weekends and holidays.
Many parents do not allow anyone to watch TV while they are eating or studying, doing housework, or going to bed. And they don't allow their kids to have televisions in their bedrooms.
However, some have found that it does not work well to try to regulate children's viewing habits. One mother said that after a while, her control becomes "smaller and smaller and children look very fast all the time." By not following the restrictions daily, she found that the only solution was to completely refrain from watching children's TV during the school week.
Parents must also choose programs for their children carefully. Some questions to ask about this are:
1. Is the program suitable for the child's age?
2. Does the program show problems and conflicts that a child can understand and positive ways to solve them?
3. Does the program show healthy and positive morals, family life, marriage and gender relations?
4. What is it likely that a child will learn when he or she can see certain comics?
5. Does the program encourage constructive activities or at least improve the quality of children?
Benefits
An American mother who turned on the TV "just for company" for most of the day noticed that her one and a half year old son slept restlessly and was more moody and restless than usual. Then she turned off the TV and her son's behavior improved a lot. He slept better, became less irritated and improved his ability to focus on the game itself.
When the TV from a Japanese family broke down, the mother wrote in a newspaper: “The lifestyle of my two children, boys aged seven and five, has changed a lot since then. Before the TV broke, my children did not watch TV until after dinner. They never listened to my suggestions for reading books. But now that the TV has gone bad, they really want to read books. Many other Japanese parents reported similar improvements in behavior and schoolwork after checking their children's vision habits.
In the United States, parents had a similar experience when television failed and was not replaced soon. One of them said, “In the beginning, my children were lost. What should you do with your time? But gradually other activities took over. We started playing family games together and the reading continued. Family conversations became more common and longer, with exchanges of opinions and feelings, and it seemed that more time was spent on outdoor activities. This family got another TV, but learned to control it.
Conscientious parents are particularly concerned that nothing prevents their children from being brought up at home. Children's intelligence and ability increase dramatically when parents help them learn to read and expose children to classroom materials before school age. Even a small home show like this made a difference. Yes, the more movement the young spirit has, the better it will be to serve you later. In this way, parents can not only control their children's TV successfully but can also do everything to replace it with reinforcing measures. And surely the same principle would apply to the lives of the parents themselves, because they would be a good example for their children.
Yes, TV can be useful. It can educate, inform and entertain. But it can also destroy and corrupt, provoke immorality, hostility and violence against a person. Consequently, wise people go out of their way to keep their TV under control so that you do not control them.