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To watch TV or not watch TV that is the question : Comments

By Patricia Edgar, published 21/3/2012

Where is the evidence that watching television monsters baby Einsteins?

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...Here in fact is the tragedy of child care; “alternative”:-

The author:-
.#... TV viewing does not really take the place of other activities such as playing outside. Children who watch more TV than others may do so because they are unable to go outside…#.

...Lazy options such as sitting children in front of a TV set, gives the child no options but to over-exercise their propensity towards “fantasy”, with no immediate consequence.

...Exercising the “lazy” option in this case, removes the imperative lessons of nature, which comes with immediate pain as a consequence of wrong decision making, given as "the-imperative of play" in the real world outside.

...When childhood lessons are transferred to the time of adolescence,as these lessons are when young children are given no option but the TV set as company, then childish decisions are a consequence to be borne by the young adult in the future, now equipped with an overactive and untested imagination.
Posted by diver dan, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 8:47:15 AM
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Here, Here! Good to see Patricia Edgar is still going strong and advocating a balanced and moderate approach to TV watching, rather than some extreme 'fear & loathing' position that seems designed only to capture headlines. I do fear the overconsumption of media, like the overconsumption of food, leads to increased mental obesity - one can be actively engaged with TV and avoid taking productive action in 'real' life.
Posted by richierhys, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 8:50:15 AM
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Yes, I agree with article.

Always thought that tv can be a useful tool for any youngster.

Sure we limit what she watches, mainly ABC2 and a lot of DVDs without ads, but i feel she has benefited much from some of the excellent shows available.

We all would like to think we have a smart kid, and I do downplay comments, but we are constantly told how bright our 3-year old (Feb birthday) is, how well she speaks and so on.

As usual, balance is they key with tv also part of a mixed activity approach. Her mother takes her to the park almost daily, she reads and draws a lot, she plays with her computer games and other toys, and she loves interacting with young kids at play groups and so on (only child)
Posted by Chris Lewis, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 9:18:18 AM
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The Jesuits used to say that if they were given the child for the first seven years of its life, then the child would be theirs (or the church's) for forever more.
Remembering too one of the immutable laws of the mind is that we become what we associate with, even in every moment.
How many countless thousands of moments does a child associate with, or become, quite literally entranced, while watching TV?

How many hundreds of hours does the usual child watch TV in the first seven years of their lives?
The usual child more or less becomes entranced while watching TV. As indeed do many adults - The Plug In Drug Marie Winn
What are they learning of being "taught" while in this highly vulnerable trance state? Remembering that children to not have the capacity to step back and more or less objectively evaluate what they are seeing on TV - it is all very "real" to them.

How is their neuro-physiology in both brain and nervous-system being patterned or formed?
How is it effecting their psyche? What psyche?

The truth is that the anti-"culture" created in the image of TV now rules the world.

This reference provides a unique perspective on what we have done to ourselves and are even doing very much more so to our children. And not just by TV.

http://www.ratical.org/ratville/EE.html

It is also interesting to note that the Steiner system of edu
Posted by Daffy Duck, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 9:40:38 AM
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Daffy Duck:

Pearce appears to make sense thus:-

.#...He presents the idea of the heart - or compassionate mind - as a category of brain function equal in stature to the thalamus, prefrontal cortex and lower brain.[3] He believes that active, imaginative play is the most important of all childhood activities because it cultivates mastery of one's environment, which he terms "creative competence". Children denied that form of play develop feelings of isolation and anxiety…#.

...But I don’t believe the impulse for children to content themselves with excess TV viewing to be the “all and everything” of anxiety creation. It becomes arguable if the difference between intellect and intelligence factor greatly towards bad decision making either: Also, many children born to suspect mothers would be better-off not bonding with them.

...IMO Pearce confuses disparate issues.
Posted by diver dan, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 12:30:11 PM
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Diver Dan - In a lifetimes work Pearce has attempt to find explanations and possible solutions, to the origins of violence, especially as it is now being dramatized in the world.

As such he has drawn upon all kinds of sources both academic and anecdotal, and via personal communications from many people who have come across his work and thus provided evidence from their own lives and experiences which confirm what he has to say.
Of course his work is mostly unacceptable within the academy.

You might also like to Google references to his book The Biology of Transcendence.
Posted by Daffy Duck, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 12:48:17 PM
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