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The Effects Of Television On Children

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The industry of the television has been innovative through the years. It contributes a big impact to the Filipino people especially students. According to Ifham Khan (2013), there are a lot of hindrances on watching television. He said that television is the most time consuming device and it’s very hard to avoid or lessen this and the other problem of the television is on children/students. Parents do not care what their children are watching and that affects on their child studies in which students waste their time in front of the television for hours and that really affects on their Academic results. He also stated that watching television also effects on their health from the diseases like poor eyesight, heart attack, obesity, spine problems, mental disorders and etc. are caused by watching television.
On the same research of Tuilumba Simon, it was declared that most of the 7 to 17 year old children fail to differentiate between wrong and right which they watch from television. They adopt any action associated with violence, especially whose a violent actor is not criticized for his/ her behavior. According to AACAP (2001), they spent more time watching television than they have in the classroom while television can entertain, inform and give the youth company, it may also influence them in undesirable ways.
Agreeing with Emily Wang (2011), students’ schoolwork is affected by television. They are easily indulged in television viewing. Several students spend more time
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