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Is television good or bad for teens?

in Spain is probably no one home without at least one TV. This media has become by far the most power and influence of all that exist. The marriage of image and sound, the chance to see real time events, the ability to know remote realities, its ability to generate emotion and many other features that distinguish the medium of television, make the mass media par excellence, insofar as is also the most widespread, it does not require any preparation prior to consumption.

There, precisely, is where the greatest potential for television, as a powerful medium, able to reach many people in many places, using techniques that allow access to the emotion of the receivers. Television, therefore, is an important instrument of power in the service one or another social function, based on one or other message, and thus its influence on youth should be taken into account. Watching most television programs, we can conclude that television has a greater share of low-quality educational programming, and even risks for young people.

However, the same characteristics that give a potential danger to the TV may make it a good training tool if parents and educators take the necessary steps to do so. Here are some tips to try to make us reflect on the actions that families can carried out to eliminate the harmful effects that television can have on their children and at the same time, take advantage of this medium as a tool for better education of youth.

DECALOGUE FOR EDUCATIONAL USE OF TELEVISION

1. Do not let children have TVs in their room.
The presence of adults enables them to know what they see in each time and the children ask questions that will pass through the mind. It may be in the same room doing other tasks or simply sharing the program with them.

2. Contact agree on the time it will spend every day on TV.
Put a "family rule" that everyone respects helps to achieve a certain independence.

3. Avoid the TV is on during meals. Sitting
family to eat is a moment of encounter, dialogue, exchange of the activities themselves.

4. Do not punish not watch TV.
The child may think and be convinced that this is the best and most important pastime and pleasure that can be accessed.

5. Discourage the use of remote control.

with obsessive search for the best program, the child gets used to cut vision and do not exercise your powers of concentration, can also generate conflict with other family members.

6. Do not allow children to do homework with the television.
TV is a source of visual and auditory stimuli that requires mental effort. Television does not allow a parallel effort of learning.

7. Use the television programs children watch to encourage activities that awaken in them the participation, creativity ...
Only in this way the TV can become a tool for learning. Also help to create a continuity between the world of television and real life.

8. Teach young people to select their TV.
must be teaching children to distinguish between the messages and values \u200b\u200bconveyed through each program, so that little by little know choose independently.

9. Informed and aware of the contents of the most popular TV programs.
We know about what is available to our children. Never rely on the broadcast schedule as many channels as pay little attention.

10. Set a good example.

This is the most important advice anyone can give. Children will understand the importance of television as the place it occupies in the lives of adults.

(The contents of this post can be downloaded from the section on "Family Education Booklet" which are the links of this blog).