TELEVISION AND HEALTH – IT IS EDUCATION’S TURN TO SPEAK (PART 2)
Yet, today, obedience is more necessary than ever before if a child’s desires are to be curbed and not become too demanding. A child who has learned to be obedient and comply with his parents’ wishes will only have to train himself in the practice of moderation, whereas badly brought up children who always get their own way succumb hopelessly to the gripping power of television. This is much more dangerous than many parents may think, because a growing child who is allowed to absorb anything he likes, without restrictions, is left to the mercy of bad influences. So, if parents do not set a good example in all they do and say, they can hardly expect self-control from their children. Where self-discipline is lacking it would be much better not to have a television at all.
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