An Early ChildhoodCare Practitioner- #StillAWorkInProgress with Knowledge, Abilities, Skills & Creativity that helps to Promote Children's All-Round Development
Used by permission of the author, Leah Davies, and selected from the Kelly Bear website [https://t.co/6zgVxT9T1g]. Till we meet again for the next #TheKidsEdition. Enjoy the rest of your weekend and holidays! - @LeahDavies @DedayoAdeloye @OfficialOluyemi.
#TipsForParents - Be an advocate for quality television programming. Join forces with other parents and teachers to set television viewing guidelines. Write television officials, corporate sponsors, government regulatory agencies and congressional leaders to express your views.
#TipsForParents - Do more reading, walking, talking, listening & playing together. Take trips to libraries, museums, zoos, farms & other interesting places. Involve your child in programs that promote healthy development like sports, scouts, clubs, camps, and/or religious groups.
#WhatCanBeDoneAboutTooMuchViolenceOnTV#TipsForParents
Involve kids in hobbies, imaginative play, music, art, crafts, gardening, household tasks, yard work, cooking & other worthwhile projects. Invite your child’s friends to play at your home or apartment. Cont...@iamttnstv
Provide soft music or silence during family meals that allow friendly conversation. Furnish a calm place where your kid can relax or read. Do not put a television in your child’s room. Instead locate it where viewing can be monitored. Keep the computer in a central location.
#TipsForParents - Turn the television and other objectionable media off when the material is contradictory to your family values. Explain to your child why you disapprove. Consider using a TV lockout device to prevent exposure to “adult” programming. Cont...@iamttnstv
#WhatCanBeDoneAboutTooMuchViolenceOnTV#TipsForParents - If fighting occurs, comment that although the actors are pretending to be hurt, such violent acts in real life result in pain and suffering. Discuss ways to deal with problems other than by hurting people. Cont...@iamttnstv
#WhatCanBeDoneAboutTooMuchViolenceOnTV - Comment when you agree with the values portrayed by the actors. Check out quality program videos at your local library. Watch television with your child. Explain the difference between fact and fiction.
#Tips - Consider the child’s developmental level and encourage the selection of worthwhile programs such as those on public television. Decide together which programs to watch. Record programs so that viewing may be done together and the tape may be paused for discussion.
Contribute to a child’s aggressive behaviour; teach that violent acts lead to success; Decrease imaginative and cooperative play; Increase acceptance of gang behavior; undermine the development of humane social values. Cont...@iamttnstv
In-depth studies have found that violent programming, including cartoons, can have a negative impact upon children. Viewing violence can: Desensitize a child toward violent acts; decrease a child's sensitivity toward victims; increase a child's fearfulness; Cont...@iamttnstv