Do music, TV, and video games have a bad effect on children and young people?

Children today are surrounded by technology and home entertainment, some of it is full of violence. Listening to music is also time-consuming activity for young people. How does this influence their behaviour? Some people think that it has a negative effect whilst others think that it can enhance their learning.

First of all, listening to music is a good way to reduce stress. As they listen to music that they like, they usually relax in their own time. It can also be very useful to learn a foreign language. However, there are some disadvantages as well. For instance, annoying other people by listening to music too loudly, and a time-consuming activity etc. Some people say that there is no point in listening to music.

Secondly, we can get various and an enormous amount of information by watching T.V. such as the news, educational programmes, and documentaries. Those things intensify the quality of our knowledge. On the other hand, there are plenty of sex and violent programmes so it is quite clear that those programmes can be harmful to young people. Those programmes must be controlled by the goverment at the same time by a broadcasting station.

If so, what effects are there in playing video games? It is mentioned that it is quite useful to intensify creative power and get rid of stress. Besides, it can strengthen the ties between friends while they are playing. Otherwise, young people are easily addicted to playing video games for fun. Furthermore many people consider it is just time-consuming activity.

Over all, we cannot pinpoint exactly which one is useful and helpful for young people. They have both side; positive and negative. More than anything else we should be more concerned about using it by ourselves.