Pl read a letter published by rediff.Letter sent by Mr Murthy , founder of Infosis to his daughter .Mr Murthy did not have a TV in his home when his daughter
Hi Avantika, Although i agree to your post that TV can teach many bad things and children can start living in a fake world, i dont feel that you should totally get rid of TV. There are so many things that kids can learn on TV. Instead of putting on useless cartoons or daily soaps where people keep crying, you can rather put on channels like discover, national geographic, history, animal planet.. They also have discovery kids channel which can be more attractive to ur kid. Im afraid, but i feel that you are limiting your kid's knowledge to only what she learns in school
Well said. But shutting out TV totally, you lose many inputs. Radio can, to some extend, take that place. That's what I did. You can listen to radio, especially AM channel and its not addictive like TV. My TV became faulty, and then I did not repair. It is about a year, without TV. Lots of time to see each other, talk to each other.
Avantika, Thanks for putting up this post. I just hope every parent realizes this sooner. A revolution is definitely needed to change the mindset of society which is ever more engrossed and getting drowned in a flood of technological change which is happening at such a fast pace now.
I am a father of a five year old daughter. While my wife is a teacher herself , I am a civil engineer. As parents we are facing the same problem. She eats watching TV shows only and learning unacceptable words as well. There are TV programmes that may benefit a child, but the cartoons much more attractive for her. As a child we used to read children books which inspired us to become morally good and dream positively. Unfortunately, the owners of the cartoon channels are not from India and the cartoon characters hardly reflect Indian values. Of course "Chhota Bheem' is a phenomenon and has become a brand. From all practical reasons, we cannot discard the TV altogether from our home, because through this my aging parents and also us keep abreast with the current affairs. So as a middle path, it is best to reduce TV time and put some sort of controlling mechanism. I have started to send my daughter to learn Bharat Natyam two days a week to which she is showing great liking and has started to talk about her dance teacher. I am also thinking to send her to an art and drawing class. I think this way some TV time can be reduced. One single positive point for Chota Bheem. Our mother tongue is not Hindi, but my daughter can speak fluent Hindi after watching Chota Bheem.
I am a father of a five year old daughter. While my wife is a teacher herself , I am a civil engineer. As parents we are facing the same problem. She eats watching TV shows only and learning unacceptable words as well. There are TV programmes that may benefit a child, but the cartoons much more attractive for her. As a child we used to read children books which inspired us to become morally good and dream positively. Unfortunately, the owners of the cartoon channels are not from India and the cartoon characters hardly reflect Indian values. Of course "Chhota Bheem' is a phenomenon and has become a brand. From all practical reasons, we cannot discard the TV altogether from our home, because through this my aging parents and also us keep abreast with the current affairs. So as a middle path, it is best to reduce TV time and put some sort of controlling mechanism. I have started to send my daughter to learn Bharat Natyam two days a week to which she is showing great liking and has started to talk about her dance teacher. I am also thinking to send her to an art and drawing class. I think this way some TV time can be reduced. One single positive point for Chota Bheem. Our mother tongue is not Hindi, but my daughter can speak fluent Hindi after watching Chota Bheem.
