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TV Diet (7): Learning and Education

Last week, I wrote about the influence of watching TV on kids’ and adults’ perception of relationships as disposable and easy to change. Today, I want to write about something very close to my heart – learning and education – and how watching TV affects them.

Some people might say, “Big deal. Not every child has to do well at school. Besides, there are things kids can learn from watching TV too”.

Well, humans must learn to survive. Your kids’ opportunities in life depend very much on their abilities to learn and develop new skills. Read on and you will see that watching TV causes kids to do poorly at school, but this also sets them up for a much more limited life long after they finish school.

This post is part 7 of 18 in the series TV Diet

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Published: August 17, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: March 18, 2021In: Education / Learning, Parenting Tags: k-12 education, communication, academic performance, early childhood, kids / children, hyperactive, teens / teenagers, preschool, kindergarten, attention deficit / add / adhd, social skills, behavior / discipline, lifestyle, health / wellbeing, television, education / learning, tv, practical parenting / parents, sleep

TV Diet (6): Disposable relationships

Last week, I wrote about the relationship breakdown between parents and kids as a result of watching too much TV. Today, I cover the influence of TV on couples’ relationships, on the divorce rate and on the breakdown of the family structure.

Two years ago, I wrote about the rising divorce rate in the world. What triggered this article was my parents’ 48th anniversary. This year, my parents celebrate their 50th anniversary and I am very proud of them, but because I work with kids and couples, I am concerned about many others.

I believe the kind of exposure on TV to disposable relationships is making it harder for parents, as well as couples without children, to keep their family structure alive and well.

If you want to understand how concerning the statistics is, here are some marriage statistics.

This post is part 6 of 18 in the series TV Diet

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Published: August 10, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: March 18, 2021In: Parenting, Relationships / Marriage Tags: romance, perception, lifestyle, communication, television, love, tv, emotional intelligence, family matters, choice, kids / children, beliefs, divorce, practical parenting / parents, relationships / marriage, social skills

TV Diet (5): Parent-Child Relationships

Last week, I wrote about the influence of TV on kids’ outlook on life. We risk them being emotionally numb or developing fears that will translate to a life of anxiety and distrust. Today, I will touch on the effects of TV on the relationships between parents and kids.

When I was a kid, there was only one TV channel, which went on strike for over 3 months. The radio and papers were full of jokes about how that was affecting relationships.

The most common joke described people coming home and discovering their family – “I didn’t know my wife had a new hair style” or “The kids have grown so much”. While this was a funny way of expressing the effects of watching TV, I believe things got even worse since.

This post is part 5 of 18 in the series TV Diet

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Published: August 3, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: March 18, 2021In: Parenting, Relationships / Marriage Tags: relationships / marriage, practical parenting / parents, social skills, lifestyle, television, tv, family matters, kids / children, communication, teens / teenagers, choice, trust, behavior / discipline, beliefs, friends / friendship

TV Diet (4): Kids’ Outlook on Life

Not only does TV affect kids’ behavior. One of my biggest concerns as a parent and a life coach is the influence of TV on kids’ outlook on life. If my daughter, who is officially an adult and who did not watch much TV during her younger years, thinks CSI is real, I am worried about her outlook on life, because she sees the world as a scary and dangerous place. This is even more of a worry with younger kids.

This post is part 4 of 18 in the series TV Diet

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Published: July 27, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Parenting Tags: emotional intelligence, teens / teenagers, role model, choice, behavior / discipline, beliefs, practical parenting / parents, violence, relationships / marriage, lifestyle, television, tv, bullying, values, kids / children

TV Diet (3): Kids Behaving Badly

Besides the long term effects, studies have found that kids are noticeably upset and have outbursts as soon as the TV is turned off or they are forced to stop watching it. I have noticed this with my own two younger kids. After they watch TV (which is monitored), they are impatient, angry and over sensitive. The closest thing to this is the withdrawal symptoms of an addict…

This post is part 3 of 18 in the series TV Diet

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Published: July 20, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: March 18, 2021In: Parenting Tags: relationships / marriage, lifestyle, television, tv, kids / children, teens / teenagers, values, emotional intelligence, behavior / discipline, choice, practical parenting / parents, beliefs, violence

TV Diet (1): Too Much TV?

Time and time again, when I ask parents about the things they fight with their kids over, too much TV always features on the list. I know it scares me that my kids watch too much TV, so I think it is a good idea to put some order into the TV topic.

This post is part 1 of 18 in the series TV Diet

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Published: July 6, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: March 18, 2021In: Parenting Tags: kids / children, communication, focus, education / learning, values, practical parenting / parents, choice, lifestyle, relaxation, television, tv, family matters, k-12 education

Homeless World Cup

If you watch any news broadcast or read any newspaper, it is very easy to get a doom and gloom feeling on a daily basis. In fact, bad news seems to be propagated a lot faster than good news in the workplace, in social circles and on social media sites (many of the most popular articles seem to be horrible). This is why I was so excited to find the Homeless World Cup.

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Published: March 4, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: November 7, 2024In: Parenting, Beautiful people Tags: inspiration, emotional intelligence, change, society, lifestyle, television, tv, compassion, focus, kids / children, vision, acceptance / judgment / tolerance, gratitude, practical parenting / parents

Just a Little Kick to the Head

Australian Rules Football game

I was sitting one evening and flicking through the channels when my favorite program had yet another long commercial break. One of the other channels was showing “The Footy Show”, and I paused on it for a few seconds.

The word “Footy” is short for “Australian Rules Football”, one of the preferred sports in Australia. It involves two teams of muscular men with tight clothes and various helmets and bandages, running around on a field and chasing an egg-shaped ball, with the aim of kicking it between two posts. It’s “a man’s game”, you see, where tackles abound.

Just as I was watching, there was a short clip of an incident that had happened during the previous week, in which two players slid on the grass, both trying to get the ball. One of them got it, and as he was getting up, turned and stuck his knee in the face of the other player, who was still lying on the grass. I was horrified at this, but not so the commentators.

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Published: June 4, 2008 by Gal Baras
Last modified: May 25, 2020In: Parenting, Teens / Teenagers, Kids / Children Tags: television, tv, kids / children, teens / teenagers, practical parenting / parents, responsibility, role model, violence, sport

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