What to do if your child loves watching TV

Many children like watching TV, especially cartoons. Watching cartoons in moderation is beneficial to children's intellectual development, but if they are addicted to TV, it will have a greater impact on their growth and development. Parents need to control this situation in time. So, what should we do if children love watching TV?

1. Appropriate criticism

Parents can give appropriate criticism to their children for watching too much TV. Psychology believes that it is extremely important to give children appropriate praise and criticism. Praise can enhance children's ability to distinguish right from wrong and improve their self-confidence. Criticism can properly correct children's mistakes, make children feel guilty about their wrong behavior, and thus correct their mistakes. However, parents must master the method of criticism and cannot rely on beating or scolding to solve problems. The best way is to implement "revenge by consequences", that is, if children watch too much TV, parents can prohibit or reduce their TV watching, so as to correct their character defects such as loneliness and lack of communication. At the same time, parents should communicate more with their children and provide them with more opportunities to contact and talk with others.

2. Watch with your children

It is unwise and impossible to completely ban children from watching TV. The best way is for parents to watch TV with their children and use this opportunity to communicate with their children. This not only improves children's appreciation ability, but also enhances the relationship between the two generations. At the same time, it provides children with opportunities to communicate with others and exercise their language skills. Of course, parents cannot have so much time to watch TV with their children, but I think as long as you can take some time every now and then to watch TV with your children, you will definitely get better results.

3. Talk to your children about TV programs

Use the time before meals and bedtime to talk more with your children, especially talk to them about TV programs. Children with TV autism are almost always paying attention to the TV, which is the main opportunity for parents to "open the floodgates" of their children's conversation. Parents can use their children's love for TV programs to talk to them, so as to avoid their language development being affected by watching too much TV, and to prevent their children from suffering from diseases such as talking to themselves and monotonous language. At the same time, this approach can also make children willing to confide their thoughts to their parents, making it easier for parents to understand and guide their children in a timely manner.

4. Don’t turn on the TV because you are afraid of your child crying.

Some parents turn on the TV to divert their children's attention because they are afraid that their children will cry, and push their children to the TV to take care of them. This creates an emotional distance between the two generations, which is irresponsible to the children. Therefore, I hope that parents can try to take time to play, take walks, and visit parks with their children, provide children with a wide range of activities, and let them understand that there are many interesting things in the world besides TV.