Media includes television, movies, radios, newspapers and magazines. Media includes all forms of entertainment like films, books and television. Parents do not pay attention to what children watch on television or hear from radio. Thus, media has both positive and negative impacts.
The positive impacts of media on children include educating them on various topics and life matters. It also keeps them informed on the current developments through its various discussions and other news.
It is a useful resource to children in education as they can study from the internet, learn so much and embrace the use of technology at an early age. This makes them to have high cognitive skills at a more advanced level.
Most of the information that the children learn on media is much more than what the parents alone can provide to them. It therefore supplements on what may not be provided by parents.
Media has also its negative effects on children. They spend a lot of time on television instead of studying. Besides, they watch some programs on television which may have a bad influence to them.
They may also observe people using drugs, read pornographic articles and watch violence in the action movies and try to imitate them. At the end of the day, they do practice the exact bad habits in their real life situation.
In conclusion, parents should limit the time as well as the content that their children watch on media. This will ensure that the children are well controlled from developing bad behaviors, but instead use the media to have a positive influence in their lives.