hi folks,

the television was aptly named the idiot box by adults.

but the coventional use of the television worldover is - as the electronic babysitter.

babies stand to watch tv in creches, nursery and homes and end up mimicking and talking like cartoon characters.

they think that cartoon characters exists.

it is a different matter that some of us look like cartoon characters and caricatures so that they may not appreciate the difference in a strict sense.

but what worries us is that these chhildren have a stumbling deprivation of childhood, lack of games and sports .

they develop obesity and live in a fantasy world.

creativity is dampened. interpersonal relationship among children resort to tv topics and characters.

my child is very interested in sports means he loves watching a sport more for lying down idle on the couch and devouring bags of popcorn.

most of the times you might mistake a child to be special child for his gaze is fixed on the tv and he doesnt flinch his eyelid and doesnt move a limb.

already our generation is sedentary.

just imagine after the effects of this electronic babysitting the child grows up to become a computer engineer or a doctor who fits inside a nice chair.

propogation of species might suffer.

yet another favourite thing is gaming and that too on tv.

the child is short sighted with focussing defect and his knowledge revolves around the electronic baby sitter.

very convenient for all of us who run nuclear familes where both husbands and wives work.

to get over tv addiction ourselves we got to move out doors a lot.

• take a walk with the family or child as a routine
• yoga
• no couch or bed in front of tv
• restricted tv timings . say two hours to one hour a day
• create recreation rooms in homes not in the drawing room.
• select channels
• option between computer, gaming and tv
• cycling, out door sports , indoor games activities
• no chips,french friens or eatables to watch tv
• tv ads and commercials promote children to eat and overeat.
• so ban eating
• try to have a human baby sitter or allow the child to mix with children in flesh and blood.

its time we have societies banning the electronic babysitter.we have fallen prey ourselves.

television is a medium which also serves the politicians and marketing people well. because it creates mass hypnosis. an oft repeated quote gets famous and an oft watched cliche becomes a habit.

it rakes mass hysteria and brainwashes all of us into beleiving that there are aliens and weapons of mass destruction.

in order to sensationalise crude accidents, risky stunts and breached private lives and perverted norms are forced onto the viewers because there are not enough content providers.

so instead of losing out sense of balance at least now let us learn to utilise this appliance judicously only for recreation.