On your own opinion, which is more advisable for children to watch? Cartoons or anime? Well for me, cartoons is the one advisable for children to watch. Do you wonder why? Cartoons have it's disadvantages and advantages. What are those things?
As I search for answers regarding cartoon watching regulations, I came across an article entitled Watching Cartoons: Is it good for children? written by Pradeep Kumar B. He sited different disadvantages and advantages of watching cartoons. It is good to watch cartoons because it is colorful and that's what makes cartoons entertaining. But for some reason, watching cartoons decreases a child's imaginative power because he sees all the happenings in the show. We all know that reading books are the ones who help children to improve their imaginative power. In some way, the author gave an example in which one person ranked high in an examination with the help of cartoons. The young man watched cartoons since he was a child and that became a good help for him in learning English until he spoke fluently. In cartoons, children can understand English when some characters are having conversations. They can also improve their vocabulary and pronunciation skills from listening to the cartoon character's voice. It is also said in this article that discipline must be implied in watching cartoons because it will do harm more harm than good.
It is true that watching cartoons have it's advantages, not only disadvantages. I also have one cousin which is addicted to cartoons but became a great English speaker and writer. As of today's generation, watching television is more mainstream rather than reading books because majority of children says that reading books is boring. Watching cartoons can affect one's life in negative or positive side. To make sure that the children can have good effects on us, children must really balance or manage their time to earn knowledge or positive effects on them. Who knows, we can be great as the young man mentioned in the article that Pradeep wrote.
Pradeep Kumar B mentioned "The time period for which children watch TV should be properly regulated by parents." and I agree on that because first of all, parents are the ones who disciplines their children and when a parent told a child to stop watching cartoons, the child will obey them because that is what they need to do. This will help the children to avoid gaining negative effects and watch the proper cartoons for them.
Is cartoons a good entertainment for children? Yes it is but there are the so called limits wherein they must be aware of. Parents should guide children even watching cartoons to avoid having the disadvantages of it. Watching cartoons can be a good entertainment for children because they help kids to improve their English skills but behind that are negative effects when they became addicted to it and that's what makes the problem in watching cartoons. We must be really aware and parents should be the one to help their children in disciplining themselves and to let them earn advantages from watching cartoons.
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