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.
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.
Since last 5 years I don't have TV at my home which give me and my family more time to spend with each other. My kid is 3.5 now, weekend (for 1 hour) he watch songs, poem and some cartoon in YouTube. we have enough time for each other which we use to plan indoor games, discuss daily life. TV is waste of time with no learning.
NATURAL. BUT OPTING FOR 'YOU TUBE' AS AN OPTION FOR TV AS SUGGESTED BY HER IN LAST PARAGRAPH, IS STRANGE OR RATHER ABSURD. YOU TUBE HAS LARGER ARENA AND CHILD WOULD BE EXPOSED TO ALL SORTS OF EVILS AS WELL ONCE THE CHILD BECOMES INTERNET SAVY. BETTER SHE SHOULD GO FOR FIELD GAMES AND FINE ARTS AND CULTIVATE THE HABIT OF READING GOOD BOOKS, INSTEAD SUGGESTING WATCHING YOU TUBE. limited and disciplined exposure to limited programmes in TV, may enhance child's perception.
