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Practice abstinence on kids' TV.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-MAR-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Practice abstinence on kids' TV.(Local Opinion)(Unregulated viewing the top-rated environmental hazard)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Todd Huffman For The Register-Guard

When parents think about their children's exposure to environmental risks, they might think of lead, pesticides or grass pollens. In fact, the greatest environmental exposure for most children is television. They spend more time watching television than in any other wakeful activity, and it affects their health and well-being in significant ways.

For too long parents and even pediatricians have asked: "Is television good or bad?" Television is inherently neither; it's time to move beyond such black or white thinking.

Television is a tool. Whether it is good or bad for children depends on what they watch and how they watch it.

Used carefully for children older than 2, TV need not have untoward effects at all. According to recent studies, it even can exert a positive influence.

By and large, however, it is not being used carefully. By and large, parents are clueless about the content...

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