Sit Too Close to That Thing!

"Sit Too Close To That Thing!"

Since its advent in the middle of the century, television has been watched as much by children as by adults.
According to the New York University Child Study Center, the average child watches four hours of television each day,
and according to The Guardian, 86% of children under 6 watch 6 hours a day or more. That's a fourth of their lives,
and almost half of their waking lives. Naturally, with those type of statistics available, some attention has been given to
the effects of all that TV, and the normal viewpoint held is that television has an overall negative effect on kids. I believe
that contrary to popular opinion, television has more positive long-term effects on children than it does negative ones.
In her article, "Television in the Lives of Children", Cindy Scheibe says, "In general, the effects of television on
viewers can be divided into two different types: 1) direct effects due to the content of what is seen (in t...