Band 6+: Some people argue that a growing number of young people spend too much time in watching television. Why does this phenomenon happen? And what kind of activities should be encouraged to them?

In the modern landscape, the trend of watching television among young ones have significantly surged as a pressing issue. While indulging in television watching is a tremendous way of acquiring knowledge about global happenings, and an excellent source of recreation, pursuing excessive amounts of time on watching television can be disadvantageous for the holistic development of young generation. There are several factors attributing to this phenomenon, and young people need to engage in alternative activities to balance their time accordingly.

To initiate with the dominating factor contributing to the habit of sitting in front of television is a lack of parents’ supervision that takes place due to hectic schedule of family members, who do not have time to monitor their children activities. There is a need of making them aware of importance of concentrating on their studies, and to strike a balance between personal and tertiary life. To add it more, the influence of renowned celebrities, and advertisements is also another reason of spending a lot of time on watching TV series of their favorite actresses, which has not only attract them to be extravagant, but also deprive them of obtaining better grades in their academics.

However, a number of viable activities should be stimulated to minimize youngsters addiction of excessive television watching. First and foremost is the encouragement of participating in outdoor team sports such as cricket, hockey, and soccer that assist to learn discipline, confidence, and co-operation skills to work in a team along with gaining physical endurance, and mental fitness. Furthermore, parents, undoubtedly, have become workaholics whereas it is their responsibility to save some time to provide proper guidance to manage precious time wisely. So that the escalating risk of affecting children’s education, and future career can be avoided.

In conclusion, although it is an adequate approach to watch television in a limit to keep in touch with famous personalities, political news, and comic programs to get rid of monotonous routine, the over use of giving time only to television can hinder their progress in terms of taking participate in social, and physical activities.