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Children are considered to be the most sensitive beings in this world. They learn and know about the world from the environment they get in their homes. Their thoughts, ideas and the perception about the world are shaped by the kinds of teachings they get from their parents and family members. In this world of technology, television has become a prime source of entertainment and education, not for children only, but for everyone in the family. We can easily notice the impact of television viewings among children. When children are exposed to animated cartoons like ‘Tom and Jerry’ or ‘Alladin’, they form a world of their own.
They consider that virtual world to be real and start behaving along the same lines. It was found in one study that on an average, a child spent approximately 4 hours a day watching television. Though children learn various social norms from television alone, it has its negative impacts as well. Daily soaps have various functions in the everyday life of children and young people who are enthusiastic about this genre watch it frequently. Differences between individual formats are sometimes small, but sometimes of significance. However, at all times, it is the children and youth themselves who add individual and differing meanings to the media.
In most of the soap operas or daily soaps, the daily life struggle of a particular individual or group of individuals are depicted. When children are exposed to the daily complexities of life, they start thinking to be a part of that. They start arguing with their parents regarding a particular life situation and in this process the innocence of the kids lose its beauty somewhere. Other studies stressed that child's reading, learning and attribution of television information either increases or interferes with violent programs on television. There are individual and cultural differences in assessing violent behavior presented in Television program. Children of different genders, ages or backgrounds may respond in a different way to the same TV serial. Moreover, when children find their moms and dads in these soap operas as glamorous idols, they also want their parents to be act like them. The kids often urge for the lifestyle depicted in these soap operas.
Violence is another most important factor that impacts the psyche of children. Much exposure to violent acts makes these children bother less about other’s pains. Children may develop aggressiveness in their daily behavior thinking it to be a form of heroism. Television violence is a primary driving force which reinforces the aggressive temperament of the children and youth when person makes a regular habit to watch such terrible screenplays.
Moreover, these soap operas hinder the academics of children to a great extent because most of these serials are aired on prime time, i.e. between 7 to 11 PM at night. This is the time for children to do their daily studies and home works. When mothers are engaged into watching these daily soaps, they fail to give proper guidance to their children and consequently, children also develop the habit of watching the serials regularly. It is not that children should not be exposed to television programs, but there must be a close supervision of the adults on the television watching habits of their kids.
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