By Tim Philbin
A new study has pointed out that children are being "harmed " by TV, the Internet and other types of media.
It's so bad that parents are asking "policymakers" to take action to protect our kids from this latest menace.
Here's a better idea and it doesn't involve a bunch of politicians, policymakers or bureaucrats doing a darn thing.
Turn the TV and video games ...OFF !
Wow what a unique idea. Parents being responsible for the children they chose to bring into this world.
If they refuse to bow to your wishes then get rid of the darn thing.
Give your children chores to do, force them to play outdoors and if old enough, encourage them to get a job.
It is not governments job to do what you should be doing. Contrary to what others may have told you - it does NOT take a village to raise a child. It does take a parent living up to their responsibility of being the adult in the house
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Many studies today are done in a laboratory. Viewing in a laboratory setting is involuntary, public, choiceless, intense, uncomfortable, and single-minded, whereas actual viewing is voluntary, private, selective, nonchalant, comfortable, and in the context of competing activities. Laboratory research has taken the viewing experience and turned it inside out so that the viewer is no longer in control. In fact, these studies have made a mockery out of the everyday act of television watching. The inadequacies of laboratory research on television violence effects are apparent in the small body of research on the matter of desensitization, also known as the "bystander effect." The attempts to replicate the findings of pf the four Drabman and Thomas experiments (that children exposed to violent footage would take longer to call for the intercession of an adult supervisor) have produced inconsistent results EVERY TIME!!!! Viewers of the small desensitization literature conclude that there is NO EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE that anything like the bystander effect actually exists in real life.
Now onto field research...
Although researchers hope to find conclusive findings in the natural setting, the actual results display a wide range of outcomes. In fact, much a lot of the data gathered has indicated, instead of an elevation in aggressive behavior, a diminishment in aggressive behaviors following several weeks of high-violence viewing.
So please...STOP BLAMING TELEVISION FOR YOUR BAD PARENTING. Want some information on video game violence? I'm full of those too. How about Americans learn to fess up to their mistakes instead of trying to toss them off on everyone else.
And even if you don't believe this. The fact that television and video games are being blamed is ridiculous. I'm pretty sure kids don't have the money to go out and buy video games and televisions. The parents are supplying them. You want to stop this so-called media corruption? Here's an idea...TURN OFF YOUR TV AND STOP BUYING THE VIDEO GAMES.
Well Tim, I've moved up here in November from CT and I must say I love the change and the people and yes...the snow. And no I'm not a yuppy yutz.
Parents need to be responsible for their own children and what they are exposed to.
However unlike driving or some other form of licensed activity you do not need to take parent training courses or get a procreation license.
We assume that since you survived your upbringing that you know how to raise a family through your own growth experiences.
Sadly we don't all come from fully functional homes and many people are quite full of themselves so criticizing their parenting skills comes off as you being the jerk...even though you mean to correct an obvious and often critical mistake...whether that is spoiling the child, or just not laying down rules or enforcing them equitably.
TV and music only have influence where parents have failed to instill values in their children...or their kids are crazy and should be institutionalized cause they are dangerous.
Parents are the key to improving schools and our society's foundation.
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