Children and Television

In this day and age, television is a big part of society.  A lot of people blame it the television for making our children not as healthy, not as educated, and less independent individuals as others around the world.  In my opinion the television is not the reason for all these things that are blamed.  Yes, the television can cause these problems but it is not the thing that is holding you in front of it.  People will choose to sit there and watch TV on their own.  They have the will power to get up and walk away from it but they choose not to.  It is not the television that is the problem; it is the laziness of the person watching the television that is the one to blame.

In general, the television has a lot of educational and helpful shows on it that can help people in life but there are a huge number of people out there that do not watch those shows and watch comedies and cartoons instead.  For me, I like to watch a verity of shows that are education, funny, and sometimes just plain stupid.  I will also spend a couple of hours doing that but I am not over weight at all because I go out and exercise and move around.  There are people though that do just sit around all day and that is what causes them to become not healthy and less independent.  If people would just manage their time between the television and exercise, then they would be healthy, educated, and more independent.