Essay

Television has become an essential part of entertainment for most of the bourgeois families in Hong Kong. Watching TV programs is the main activity of most children apart from playing computer games. Watching funny cartoons help students relaxed from heavy school work. This eventually helps them perform better. I would like to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of TV-watching for children and give my views on the subject.

Watching TV helps youngsters not only learn different subjects but also entertain themselves with the funny programs. However, most of them watch only the entertaining programs. Hence parents always prefer their children going out with her friends to staying home and watching television. They beleive that at least the youngsters can improve their social skills, such as getting a good relationship with their friends.

However, more time will be wasted in playing computer games if children are not allowed to watch TV. If a student is not allowed to watch TV, he will spend his time playing more computer games. As a result, more time will be spend on computer entertainment. Some teachers argue that they would rather have their students doing homework in front of a TV than doing nothing while playing computer games.

In fact, more parents would also rather have their children watching TV programs than playing computer games. They consider TV programs a better entertainment than computer games. It is easier for them to control their kids to stop watching television than surfing the internet.

I have reached a conclusion that watching television is a better means of entertainment than playing computer games. We should not totally stop children from watching TV.