With the advance of technology, the Internet now is more prevalent and easily accessible than ever before. Spending too much time gluing on Tv now is considered a pressing issue among children nowadays which is causing various health problems as they are less active and tend to lead a sedentary lifestyle. There are some reasons behind this habit and measures need to be introduced to motivate children to engage in physical activities more.
There are several reasons why children nowadays watch more TV than in the past.Firstly, the lack of control from parents, parents in the modern time have to juggle between work and family commitment. Sometimes parents are busy with their job responsibilities, and children are given some gadgets or TV as a means of a baby sister for all day and not to disrupt their parents working. Another reason is the ubiquitous appeal of content on TV channels. the content is made targeting children with vibrant colors, amusing plots, entertaining content…they become fascinated about these animated or cartoon programmes, time spent on these activities will be insignificant to them. So children will prefer these light activities to tremendous exercise.
As the consequences of a sedentary lifestyle have been proven by scientists. Parents should balance work and life responsibilities to engage with children in outdoor activity, maybe just a slight walk in the park on the weekend. Also, the content children watching should be supervised, avoiding unsuitable, hazardous content that may provoke children addicted to it. furthermore, setting limited watching time to teach children about time management and not overtime watching and neglected their academic performances.
In conclusion, excessive use of TV in children in the modern time may cause some physical issues so parents should take care of what they oppose through content and set a time limit for that activity.