TV HURTS TEENS' RELATIONSHIPS: STUDY

STUDY: KEEP TEENAGERS AWAY
FROM COMPUTER AND TV SCREENS

AUCKLAND (Reuters) - The more young people watch TV, the poorer their relationships with both their friends and parents, an Otago University study suggests. Parents who don't let their children watch too much television or sit at the computer for hours have been vindicated by a study that linked excessive “screen” time with troubles relating to other people. The study's findings, published in the March issue of the “Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine”, should reassure parents who feel guilty that they are depriving their children of entertainment that their peers are also indulging in, lead author Dr. Rose Richards of the University of Otago said. “Our findings give some reassurance that it is fine to limit TV viewing. In fact, it may result in stronger relationships between young people, their friends and their parents,” Dr. Richards said.

The study involved 3,043 New Zealand adolescents aged 14 to 15. who completed a confidential questionnaire about their free-time habits, as well as an assessment of their attachment to parents and peers. “We found that high television use, or even high computer use, was related to relationship issues,” Richards said, adding that strong relationships with parents and friends are important for the healthy development of teens to adulthood, and therefore excessive “screen” time is not good. “With the rapid pace of evolution in screen-based technologies, ongoing research is needed to monitor the effect they are having on the social, psychological and physical well-being of young people,” experts said.


The more time teenagers spend indoors in front of the TV or PC screens, the less time they spend outdoors. As they are not in contact with nature, they don't value it; then, as adults, they will not seek to respect and protect it.

WHAT DO THE VEDIC TEACHINGS TELL US?

Television is so dangerous due to the easy access that it has to all the population and by its method of appealing to the lowest instincts of the conditioned soul with its sensual and violent images and its gossipy nature. It is a perfect instrument of manipulation on the part of political leaders who are unscrupulous and without spiritual vision. And due to this, all the problems of the so-called “civilization of the current age” are going day by day from bad to worse. ... Therefore, the first step in providing your children and yourself with a good atmosphere at home, is to take the TV out of home or have it only as a last resort, just to show videos which promote moral and spiritual values.

Śrīla Bhakti Aloka Paramadvaiti Mahārāja :
“Vedic Wisdom” - “Say NO to television”.
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