TVs in childrens rooms should be tossed out

Being a parent is one of the hardest jobs you can ever be employed at and yet you don’t get paid for. Raising up a child is quite hard and sometimes can get you frustrated if on most cases, they make you spend too much time away from your spouse. One of the methods and most effective at reducing time spent with kids by parents is putting the television in the room of that child. This will make the child glued to the TV either seeing cartoons or watching his favorite movies. This method can however be very effective when it comes to creating that time for both parents to spend time together with the child not engaging in any of their romantic and quality times. Since the child already gets most of the attention he needs from the television, he might bother less about seeking attention from his parents unless on pressing issues.

However, this behavior of a child becoming too glued to the TV in his room may lead to obesity in children.

According to research, it was found out that those with televisions in their rooms gain extra pound of weight every other year than those who do not have T.Vs in their rooms. In this case, having bedroom viewing in the problem here, which can make children to gain excess weight.

You might be wondering why this could lead to obesity right? Well, researchers have said that longer hours of viewing are likely in the bedroom non-stop. This can lead to high consumption of junk food; and you know what junk foods do right? Other disadvantages of having T.Vs in the bedroom are reduced success at exams, low class attendance and victimization by classmates.

With this, you can see that T.Vs in the rooms of your kids can have bad disadvantages on the long run and will most likely be counterproductive.

If you are a parent and you already fall into this category, you can still reverse this; although, it might be difficult, especially how kids can easily get irritated with your action. However, just make them understand. Keep any means of entertaining devices away from your child most especially in the bedroom. You will be surprised to see increased good sleeping habit and increased performance both at work and school.