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Good Friend and Teacher of Children: Television 

 

 

 According to the result of a recent research, the most of the Korean population spend their free time watching television. With such hugely growing popular hobby, there has been sustainable controversy between for and the against the television. Since we know well how much it has been affecting not only human life but also human mental system, we are now focusing on its effects on little children who seem to be more easily exposed to even those little things. Amid this long-lasting conflict, I have always been a great fan of television since my childhood, and that is why I has some arguments in favor of children's watching the television.

 First of all, it is about television's enormous educational impacts. More programs are made, more sorts of information are supposed to be given to children in different ways ranging from English, geographic education to morals. Moreover, these programs are programmed at children's level and they are mostly interesting and easily attracting their attention. Children therefore could absurd up the intended information unconsciously, naturally which is more effective to educate them than at a close, forced environment. Secondly, this eletronic device can encourage them to improve creativity which is considered one of the essentials for their future. A lot of TV programs are strictly programmed in terms of promoting children's mental activity by providing them colorful scenes and new forms of production and character-recently, these are even related to psychology and considered as a new, specialized field-. It would finally cause them more creative. Lastly, television can stimulate children to have a good personality. Since impact of stress is considerably expanding throughout all of the human generations, from the little to the adults, children programs primarily based on entertainment can help the little reduce their stress at any extent and even form a good personality like generousness, kindness, etc.

 Despite such important effects of television to children, I agree that there exists its bad points. What is most important for them is to allow them to watch it for a modest time and good well-organized programs, that is, parents' control. Any good medicine is efficacious only if it is used good.