Television is mostly a negative influence for the young. TV promotes a sense of unreality to its young viewers. It promotes violence and permissiveness. There have been several instances where reality has been distorted that has been influenced by TV programmes. There was a recent case where in the US a 12-year-old boy practised what he had seen on wrestling programmes on a young four-year-old girl; she was killed in the process.
There have been incidences where little boys have jumped out windows of high-rise apartment in attempts to fly like superman. Continuously watching their heroes and heroines doing impossible stunts with so much ease causes young children to try out stunts for themselves, leading to terrible results. So, it is not a good thing to let children watch too much TV or without parents’ guidance.
MEHAK NAQVI
Karachi
