The educational program on TV improves youthfulness

Increasing exposure to education programs and limiting watching television violence programs can help improve the character of children.

This is the conclusion of a study published in the American Journal of Pediatrics published on February 18.

Researchers from the University of Washington (USA) conducted random surveys for 565 children aged 3-5 years to study the effects of television programs on their personalities.

The number of children participating in the survey is divided into two groups, of which one group (temporarily called group 1), parents will record their child's daily TV watching process without receiving any instruction to reducing or changing their habit of watching TV.

Meanwhile, in the other group (temporarily called group 2), researchers often visit, call and send monthly newsletters to give advice and encouragement to parents for their children. I watch educational programs such as the cartoon " Sesame Street " (Sesame Street), " Dora the Explorer " (Dora the Explorer) and " Curious George " (Curious George) instead of movies. violence.

After 6 and 12 months, the results showed that the personality of children in the second group tended to be less agitated, anxious and angry in children in group 1.

According to the researchers, the results show that it is not appropriate for children to regularly watch animated programs and violent films. They also recommend that parents need to monitor and pay more attention to their daily routine of watching TV and needing to give them more frequent contact with quality television programs with reasonable time.

Previously, another study by scientists from New Zealand published in the Journal of Pediatrics also showed that exposure to television violence programs can cause young children to imitate and perform actions. vi real life violence.

In addition, the study also found that spending a lot of time watching television can also cause young children to limit their communication activities with family and friends, resulting in poor learning results.

However, many other researchers argue that the conclusions still do not confirm that all television violence programs increase the attitude of aggression in children and still need more research on this problem.