The Impact Of Media On Young Children - 2864 Words

1 Turcotte Kelli Turcotte Professor Austin English 1411 22 October 2015 The Impact of Media on Young Children Every parent knows that screen time can be a busy parent?s handy tool. Parents are juggling work, household responsibilities, and child rearing among countless other commitments. Every parent gets stressed or overwhelmed from time to time and needs a few minutes to tend to a task or catch their breath. Even the most well intentioned parent in this situation is tempted to put their child in front of some kind of electronic media, and most will succumb to the temptation. The electronic babysitter is an effective way to occupy an otherwise demanding child, giving a busy parent time to finish dinner or put laundry away. Parents have more than enough to worry about raising kids is our increasingly complex world, and television offered them a seemingly harmless opportunity to let something else entertain their children. Unfortunately, this convenience is coming at a very high cost. 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