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Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Champaign, IL. – 1997
This digest addresses problems associated with children's excessive viewing of television programs and commercials and provides suggestions to help parents guide their children's television viewing. Children who watch television 3 to 5 hours a day have little time for other activities such as play, reading, and talking with others. Excessive…
Descriptors: Family Problems, Guidelines, Parent Responsibility, Parent Role
ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Urbana, IL. – 1994
This ERIC digest addresses problems associated with children's excessive viewing of television programs and commercials and provides suggestions to help parents guide their children's television viewing. Children who watch television 3 to 5 hours a day have little time for other activities such as play, reading, and talking with others. Excessive…
Descriptors: Family Problems, Guidelines, Parent Responsibility, Parent Role
Chen, Milton – 1994
This book is a practical, accessible guide for parents on the use of television with children in today's media-focused world. It offers parents practical techniques and strategies to take control of the types of programs and amounts of television their children watch. Parts 1 and 2 of the book contain views on parenting in general and some…
Descriptors: Children, Commercial Television, Critical Viewing, Mass Media Effects
Sweet, David; Singh, Ram – 1994
This newsletter issue focuses on the role of parents in monitoring their children's television viewing habits. The newsletter first discusses the current status of parental concerns about the content of television programming, noting the industry's increased willingness to provide more information, and the advent of a rating system and…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Learning Processes, Mass Media Effects, Mass Media Role
Peer reviewedBoyatzis, Chris J. – Young Children, 1997
Describes a study of the effects of violence on elementary students which used the television program Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and found increased aggression which parents should be concerned about. Offers suggestions for parents and teachers, including taking action against violent programming, utilizing technology which bans unwanted…
Descriptors: Aggression, Audience Response, Behavior Development, Child Behavior
