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Stupid Box

 When I was young, I disliked to spend my free time at home. I always went out to play soccer, walk my dog, have a chat with my friends, or play games in playgrounds. Nothing was more interesting than playing outside. In deed many children of my age did the same thing. Playgrounds and streets were filled with young children running, playing. However, these days I barely can see children playing outside. Playgrounds are only left with leaves, deserted. There are no cute boys playing soccer. And television is probably the reason to this. In my opinion, it is not good at all to watch children staying at home stuck with television.

 This is a serious problem because what children should really focus on their age is interacting with parents and other people in order to encourage learning and healthy physical and social development. According to Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), kids and teens in age of 8 to 18 years spend nearly 4 hours a day in front of a TV screen. From my point of view, that is unbelievable since I spent almost no time watching TV. Young children are experiencing the very easy-learning period which means children of age between 8 to 18 learns really quickly and easily. However, if they spend time merely watching television, they would lose the time to experience both physical and social interactive. Some might argue that children would learn a lot from educational documentaries. However, if children only watch television, there are higher possibility to be obese, show aggressive behaviors after watching violet materials, and to learn risky behaviors early. Therefore, children who spend many time watching television should be guided by their parents.

The American Academic of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that kids over age 2 watch tv no more than 2 hours under the parental guide. Even though the program is educational enough, there should be a parental guide because it is important to accept that most things from television are quite different from reality. People of all age tend to receive every materials from television automatically. That is why televisions are called stupid box; because you forget to think logically once you start watching those.