What Kids Don’t Like About TV
December 14, 2005 by Lei
Filed under Children's Movies / DVDs, News and Links about Children's Things
This Sunday, December 18th, Nick News with Linda Ellerbee will talk to kids about what they think is wrong with television:
- TV stereotypes people
- Too much sex, violence and bad language
- TV news is biased
- So many channels and nothing to watch
- TV shows don’t reflect real life
- TV makes me feel bad about myself
- TV news is too negative and scary;
- Too many commercials.
And yet the average child watches almost 30 hours of TV a week. But I do think there’s a difference between allowing your child to channel surf versus having selected age-appropriate DVD’s for their viewing pleasure.
To participate in the survey, go to 10 Things Wrong with TV.
Surely, though, the most shocking thing there is the 30 hrs per week?! How do they even have time to watch that much TV? Don’t kids have homework these days?
Also, thank god we have public broadcasting.
J’s Girlfriend: And 30 hours is the average which means plenty of kids watch way more than that. It is weird, though, because I read more and more how homework is overburdening kids these days. They must do homework and watch at the same time like how my sister used to do.
When I was a kid, if someone had asked me what I thought was wrong with TV, I probably would have said it had too many boring grown up shows on, or that I didn’t get to watch as much as I wanted to. I looked forward to such things as The Muppet Show and Little House on the Prairie. And I had grand plans to marry The Lone Ranger (because he had such an awesome pretty horse).
The people holding conferences with kids aren’t going to get kids’ honest opinions about tv if they lead with questions that indicate what answer the grownups want the kids to give. at least that’s my guess
Deb: Given the way the online quiz is set-up, I wouldn’t be surprised if some kids were clicky-clicking just for the fun of it.
I’ve always enjoyed my TV but loved my books too. And I know you’re the same.