You can find information online that the safe time spent watching TV for an adult should not exceed two hours. This figure is derived from research by research centers. For adolescents, this value is reduced to an hour and a half a day, and for preschoolers it should not exceed 15 minutes. As for children under the age of three, they are not recommended to watch TV at all. Experts cite the negative effects of radiation, which creates a television device, and the harm to vision.
In fact, watching modern TV is less harmful to the eyesight than reading a normal book.
Radiation also does not play a special role, because in the new generation of technology its strength is negligible, and directed radiation in the opposite direction from the viewer, because it comes from the back of the device. Much more influence is exerted by external factors, for example:
People who tend to watch TV for a long time are more likely to lead a passive lifestyle. This affects overweight, the presence of apathy, the development of problems with the musculoskeletal system.
Lovers of snacking while watching TV often gain excess weight and cannot control the amount of food consumed.
Watching unlimited amounts of soap operas and movies can lead to mental disorders and depression.
Television is really harmful to easily indoctrinated people, to whom anything can be imposed from the screen.
Children who spend a lot of time in front of TV screens can become seriously addicted to them and confuse reality with what is being shown on the screen.
The lack of censorship and unwanted content can have a negative impact even on the psyche of a healthy person.
That is why it is not a good idea to be overly enthusiastic about watching television. Mature adults with a healthy psyche can control the time spent in front of the TV screen and choose the content on their own.
Watching a movie for three or four hours won’t do any harm, nor will a whole day devoted to your favorite TV show. But in everything there has to be a measure and it should not become a habit. As for children, parents are faced with another important task – it is necessary to protect their child from watching undesirable content and to monitor what the child is watching.