Advantages and Disadvantages of Watching TV

Children today spend more time watching TV than they did in the past. Describe some of the advantages and disadvantages of watching TV.

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A coin has two sides, it has own advantages and disadvantages. Some people say that watching TV is harmful to our children, but I do not agree with this statement. From my points of view, I believe that watching TV is beneficial to our children. My opinions are presented as follow.

First of all, television can be an educational media to us. Through watching various educational TV programmes, our kids can receive more information about the world. Moreover, the images are impressive to the kids, so that they can memorize the information more firmly in their mind.

On the other hand, good television programmes can also serve as a kind of good entertainment to the children; especially to the families which are not rich enough to afford the fees of the extra-curricular activities. Therefore, this is a good way for the children to spend their leisure time.

Of course, the above reasons are the positive effects on the children. However, I must admit that children spend more time on watching TV will affect them to do less outdoor activities. TV programmes can be addictive to some children. It is not easy to make sure that most of the TV programmes are suitable for children.

Obviously there are both positive and negative effects on children spending time watching TV. To help children choose to watch good TV programmes, parents should play an important role to guide and give advice to their children.