As a general rule, children watch an average of 5 hours of television a day, often playing games and homework with it in the background.
In summer there is a lot of free time. Parents, sometimes, can not spend much time with their children for work, the usual hours are different, children stay with relatives and at home without homework ... Children in summer want to enjoy, rest and escape from common obligations. Watching television, sometimes, becomes a daily activity that is exceeded for time. Let's talk about how often children should watch cartoons.
The time that children should be in front of the television
Television is an enriching medium for family members, but there must be control and limits on the part of parents. Parents need to be knowledgeable about how it affects their children and the influence on them. The child's learning level is benefited, as does his rest and way of acting. Sleeping, resting and having an appropriate emotional behavior, favors healthy habits on a physical and mental level.
Television, when necessary, must have a prohibitive quality on the part of parents. Many times her discovery and fascination on the part of the child occurs because they are the ones who place it before her to be able to do some activity or disconnect from it. Children must do creative activities to develop their imagination, psychomotor skills… Also, parents are the first to show an example of overuse.
As a general rule, children watch an average of 5 hours of television a day, many times while playing and doing their homework with it in the background. Parents often use this device as a means of escape and children realize it. Studies reveal that the behavior of the child up to 4-5 years, is directly proportional to the television program he watches. Violent TV shows spawn violent children.
Children under the age of 3 should be prohibited from watching television or other electronic devices. Children who are in preschool should not exceed 2 hours a day. For more than this, it is not advisable to install a television in children's rooms, thus ensuring their rest, concentration and study.
Watch cartoons in summer
Watching television at home is too passive an activity for a person who needs to exercise mentally, physically and burn energy.
Children watch television more in summer time. The figure increases approximately 30% compared to the rest of the year. They mostly watch their favorite series, such as cartoons, when they wake up in the morning and before going to bed. By staying home longer, children watch more television. Parents should not ignore this behavior, they should control and limit this exposure. Certainly watching television is a sedentary activity, where the most developed senses are those of sight and hearing. Watching excess television can even be associated with attention problems.
As parents, we must not forget that the child imitates the way of acting of their elders and trusted people. Of all the content on television, cartoons and children's series can be attractive, funny, and even show educational aspects, even so they should not exceed a couple of hours a day and practice other types of activities and sports
To take advantage of the good weather, the child should swim on the beach or pool, run, read, walk, play in the field… Watching television at home is too passive an activity for a person who needs to exercise mentally, physically and burn energy. Their potential and development are booming, they should not be allowed to waste it with empty hours of cartoons.
In summer, the television networks tend to increase the more enjoyable programming dedicated to the little ones in the house. With this they also achieve more followers in a child and youth audience. Years ago the entire morning schedule changed, currently having DTT means that cartoons are available to the child at any time of the day and season of the year. In summer it is intended to surprise and attract the viewer to entertain and amuse.
But obligations should not be abandoned. In the daily plans there should be a point of responsibility for the little ones, not rewarding them for having a good school year, allowing them to abandon educational aspects and for their development. Every day, about 15 minutes, must perform some educational task, be it reading, doing some exercise of mathematics. With this in September they will not arrive lost to the classroom.
Leisure and rest in summer
It is essential that the child is not bored and motivated. Leisure and rest are essential for the child in summer. However, there must be rules and limits on the time they spend in front of the television. Parents, who have more free time that during the rest of the year, they need to be more involved in their child's education.
There are so many options for children's series and drawings that the child is not able to turn off the television, that is where the father is the one who must give him other options and make him see that it is not beneficial for him to spend so much time sitting and hardly blinking. Children become dolls, almost lifeless, or emotion ...Television should not be your faithful friend or babysitter. There are many harmful things that can be avoided that you do not have to know when you are so small and defenseless.