Pros and cons of TV: how much you can watch TV without harm

According to sociological research, 60% of the Russian population in their free time watching television broadcasts. Like any event, product or property, broadcasting has its positive and negative sides.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a TV? For most people, television has become an integral part of life, a landmark pastime.
The benefits and harms of the TV are obvious. Television is an easily accessible and convenient way to spend your free time, relax and indulge in fun.

What is the use of TV

Useful methods for using television:

the main advantage of television is the free viewing of films, series and television programs;
with the ability to exclude meaningless programs in favor of full and informative ones, spending time behind a blue screen will have a very positive effect;
informative programs, television programs about the world around us, about the results of human achievements, about the formation of relations between people, about historical events provide an excellent opportunity for self-education and self-education;
TV makes it possible to keep abreast of current events, sensations and incidents;
have an idea of how celebrities live and what they do;
entertainment and music programs help calm down and cheer up after a hard day's work;
many quickly fall asleep under TV, which is important for people with insomnia;
sports programs help to keep fit and exercise at home;
watching culinary programs, you can learn the art of cooking;
thanks to television broadcasts, the government can massively inform the population.

IMPORTANT. Properly and with the benefit of health and horizons to use television programs.

What is harmful TV

Over time, a person develops an obsessive dependence on the TV, as a means of escape from loneliness.
We highlight not only the pros, but also the cons of the TV. The negative aspects of watching TV are as follows:

the false opinion that a full rest can only be on a blue screen;
Dependence on TV requires a constantly accompanying noise effect. This entails an increase in electricity consumption and unjustified costs when paying for utility bills;
in addition to the annoyance of the constant connection of advertising, a TV lover wastes a lot of time watching it;
most while away, stupidly switching the buttons on the remote, trying to find something exciting, but not able to choose something;
looking at everything without exception, a person overloads the brain with unnecessary useless information;
criminal and negative programs undermine the internal state of mind, which can cause insomnia;
Fans of eating near the TV, carried away by the transmission, eat more than they should. Often this causes obesity.

By comparing the positive and negative aspects of television, each person must decide for himself how he will use the television.

IMPORTANT. By and large, the question is what to use television for: temporarily forgetting from real life, for educational purposes.

How much can you watch TV without harm

1. An adult.

It is not so easy for the adult population to set a limit on watching TV, because there is no control over them and they set the time for viewing for themselves. Those who want to maintain their health should better follow the recommendations of specialists and not cross the safe zone, defined in two hours of continuous viewing. Then you need to take a break, at least 4 hours, and you can turn on the TV again.

Neglect of these recommendations will cause:

fatigue;
cutting pain in the eyes;
redness of the eyes;
high blood pressure
headaches.

2. The teenager.

A session of uninterrupted television watching for teenagers is allowed no more than an hour and a half. Limiting the teenager's time watching TV is all the more important because he also uses a computer. In such a situation, watching children's TV shows is an excessive strain on the eyes, which leads to visual impairment.

3. The child.

Kids who are not even three years old can watch TV no more than a quarter of an hour a day and, best of all, with two shows. That is, watching a short cartoon will be plenty.
Kindergarten children and primary schoolchildren can watch TV shows for more than half an hour a day. Infrequently, but sometimes you can increase the viewing to one hour.
Regarding children and adolescents, you can correct the conditions by changing the viewing of television programs to other classes.
It is more difficult for an adult to do this, because for most TV is not a means of entertainment, but an object of relaxation. In such a situation, we can only advise you to strictly observe the conditions and viewing mode.

How watching TV affects the human psyche

Experts studying the factors of the influence of television programs on the human body, absolutely do not say that you can not watch TV. Meanwhile, they strictly warn everyone who overly devotes a lot of time to watching TV about the occurrence of various health problems.
What is the danger of excessive passion for watching television programs?
Scientists conducted a lot of research and experiments, which made it possible to clearly answer the question: what awaits those who do not look away from the TV for hours. The results were not only amazing, but also deplorable.
Scientists have confirmed that television has a detrimental effect on the psyche of viewers. Telemans, regardless of age, feel fright, panic and excitement, along with this they feel miserable and destitute.
Similar manifestations were observed among telemanns even when they did not do anything or were left alone.
According to the results of research and experiments, television lovers:

often get bored and miserable;
become irritated and distracted;
they hardly switch and concentrate.

Telemanns motivate their attraction to the blue screen by the fact that they want to escape from problems and from overwhelming gloomy thoughts, as well as at least something to replace the void and fill the pastime.
Studies have also shown that TV lovers practically do not participate in sports and other events and are often overweight.
Addiction to TV shows: