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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
So then, by that reasoning, if children are pre-occupied with inappropriate stuff on TV......this will be a problem? Or have I got the gist of your post wrong?(again)
If children are engaged in activites, then of course they won't be influenced by the TV that they aren't watching....unless of course they are engaged in inappropriate activies that they have seen on inappropriate TV programs.
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I watched plenty of tv as a child, you can learn a lot from it. But I also balanced this with reading a lot, playing outside a lot and using my imagination.
Most children seem to get influenced by negative things the moment they walk outside the door these days, before they've even had chance to use their imaginations.
Some of the things I heard from people when I was at school was atrocious. I think a lot of it comes down to what sort of area you live in as well. And the parents.
TV isn't to blame for anything. There are far more violent books out there that you can buy in your local waterstones if you wanted. It's like people blaming Marilyan Manson and stuff for kids going AWOL. I know some really intelligent people at university who have got them into trouble over their beliefs, and this is from reading. One of my friends hates the government, hates the police and incites riots at protests. It'd be stupid to blame tv for that.
In fact come to think of it, they seem to blame anything we enjoy. I wonder if I might compose a score for a film tomorrow just because I excessively listen to Yann Tiersen. I play Wagner every morning, it gets me ready for my climax.
Take that as you want
