3 Ways Electronic Media Harm Kids' Health and 3 Ways They Can Help

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It is encouraging to see this research. I just hope and pray that it will not only reach enough parents who really care but that it will have a profound effect on their controls over the children with which God has entrusted to their care.

I've known, like a number of concerned older citizens, for some time how our children have been so engrossed in the computer age from young preschool age up thru high school and college that many times they've forgotten how to read a book and think on their own...especially when it comes to solving problems and generally getting along with other people. Have these important aspects of human development been neglected because of all this electronic stuff engulfing our young people?

Randall Laraway of OH 9:11PM March 01, 2010

Meaningful storytelling is better accomplished through reading actual books to and with your children. Reading requires active thought; electronic media allows passive vegetation. As a secondary English teacher, I see from classroom experience that students who read for pleasure are generally better thinkers and writers.

Electronic media as inspiration for discussions about difficult issues is a great idea - in theory. But I suspect that it doesn't happen very often because the kids are watching one show (in their bedrooms) and the parents are watching another. Everyone has to be watching the same show at the same time and then be willing to talk about it right away. When might that happen - during commercials? Before the next show?

Yes, we allow some TV and other electronic media in our home, but it's limited. The harmful consequences outweigh the benefits by a large margin!

Karen of MO 5:39PM March 01, 2010