DEBATE ON THE TOPIC

WATCHING TV IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE

PROGRESS OF CHILDREN
BY; RIBHAV SARAF, XI ‘B’

I believe that watching TV is a bad addiction for the future of this country.

It has become a virus which is infecting the mind of the young students,
who can’t resist the urge to waste their time and knowledge watching TV
(aka. Idiot box).

In the society today the television has taken over all the households and
public places as a provider of knowledge, great deal of entertainment,
news, a link with sports, etc. Now it is hard to even imagine our live
without the entertainment provided by the television.

No doubt they provide a great amount of information, but they are also
making the children mentally weak and lazy. It is proven that watching
television for a long time continuously makes the nervous system and the
body gets stressed out. This exhaustion makes the body get physically
weak. It affects the growth of the children in academics and sports.

However, for students it is the worst addiction as we can’t know of the

damage it has caused to our minds until is too late. We can’t understand
the consequence of watching TV for a long time, so we depend on our
parents to guide us to the right path. But in the busy world our parents
find it difficult to have time to stop us from getting hold of this addiction.
They even provide us with the TV’s remote to distract us from disturbing
them. It is that mentality which makes them lead their children towards
this addiction at a very small age, and when they realize their mistake it
is too late to right the wrongs. So, it is my sincere request to the parents
to divert the minds of the children away from the television.

For the future of the country I want to advice to leave the TV’s and take
the vast knowledge waiting for you in real world.