Let us start with the effects of television on children.

Television has been around for over a half century, but real broadcasting on television started in 1940. Since that time, many questions and dilemmas have been raised regarding the effects of TV on children. The worries were first about the violence on TV, then increased to address the amount of time spent on TV, the quality of TV programs, and the way television portrayed men, women and ethnic minorities.

First, how can the amount of time spent on TV affect children? Surveys show that the typical American household has a TV set turned on for about 7 hours each day. Researchers have found differences between chil

In brief, television and computer are two very important elements in educating and entertaining children; yet if they were not bounded into some limits, they could be dangerous on the cognitive, emotional, sexual, and social development of children.

Second, do computer games lead to computer addiction? The increase in the home computer games market has resulted in the ready availability of such games. Many concerns have come with this issue: is the amount of time children spend on playing games at the expense of other activities? It has been suggested that ‘computer game addiction’ is like any other behavioral addiction, in that it consists of compulsive behavioral involvement, a lack of interest in other activities, association mainly with other addicts, and physical and mental symptoms when attempting to stop the behavior – e.g. the ‘shakes’ (Soper and Millar, 1983).

After examining the negative and positive effects of TV on the development of children, let us now look at the effects of Computer on children. Little research has been carried out into computer game playing as this was originally perceived as a harmless and enjoyable pastime. However, with the ever-increasing interest and participation of young children in this activity, much more concern has been expressed about the effects of these games on children, pointing to the need for some form of empirical investigation.

Second, how can violent programs and scenes on TV affect children? "Children that watched the violent TV shows, even just "funny" cartoons, were more likely to hit their playmates, argue, disobey class rules, leave tasks unfinished, and weren't willing to wait for things than those who watched non violent TV shows," says Althea Huston, Ph.D., now at the university of Kansas.

While children are still in their formative years, before they leave elementary school, those among them who watch the typical amount of TV will see about 20,000 murders and about 80,000 other assaults. That's around 100,000 violent acts witnessed by these children before they reach teenage (Children and Television). Some of the violence will be seen on "realistic" programs and some others will be seen on cartoons. Social scientists have shown that among all forms of violent programming, there are three possible effects of viewing TV violence: Children may become less sensitive to the pain and suffering of others, they may be more fearful of the world around them, and they may be more likely to behave in aggressive or harmful ways toward others and have antisocial behaviors.

In spite of the many negative effects of TV on the development of children, TV still has many positive effects. A stu

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