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Tips for Limiting TV You Can Do It and Still Have Fun!

Tips for Limiting TV You Can Do It and Still Have Fun!. Chilling Facts About TV . Academic achievement drops when children watch more than 10 hours a week Television conditions a child to dual stimuli – sound and images Impedes the growth of longer attention spans

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Tips for Limiting TV You Can Do It and Still Have Fun!

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  1. Tips for Limiting TVYou Can Do It and Still Have Fun!

  2. Chilling Facts About TV • Academic achievement drops when children watch more than 10 hours a week • Television conditions a child to dual stimuli – sound and images • Impedes the growth of longer attention spans • Decreases the time for developing speaking skills • Some television programs cultivate aggressive or violent behaviors

  3. Practical Ways to Limit TV Time • Limit the number of TV-watching hours • Keep TVs out of kids’ bedrooms • Limit your own TV viewing • Turn off the TV during meals • Don’t allow your child to watch TV while doing homework • Treat TV as a privilege, not a right • Try a weekday ban or week ban on TV • Come up with a family TV schedule

  4. Limit TV • Watch TV with your child • Talk to kids about what they see on TV and share your own values and beliefs • Talk to other parents • Develop a plan for limiting TV viewing • Don’t use TV as background noise • Allow your child to choose specific programs • Avoid using TV for winding down • Provide a TV viewing chart and teach kids to plan out the shows they would like to watch

  5. Limit TV • Don’t use TV as a babysitter • Monitor the quality of the programs • Insist on Physical Activity for your child • Don’t make television the center of your family life • Set a good example: What do you do with your spare time? • Keep track of your progress • Beware of interactive video/computer games • Practice Internet safety

  6. Offer FUN Alternatives to TV

  7. CAUTION! Parental Guidance Advised

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