Bringing the Classroom to the Living Room With Satellite TV

Parents have long considered television as an evil for its role in a child's life. Whether it be because a child is watching television despite not having finished his or her homework, because watching TV all day is hurting and stunting a child's ability to properly socialize with other children of the same age, or simply because a parent believes a child should be outdoors exercising and playing sports rather than inside watching a seemingly worthless television program or cartoon, the tube has been cast as the bad guy for ages. However, with the advent and increasing popularity of satellite TV, these concerns may soon become terribly outdated.

With more channels and more airtime to be spread around, children's programming has taken giant leaps from what it was a few years ago. No longer are kids' shows simply silly looking cartoon animals running around the screen getting into misadventures. Rather, today's programs are loaded with educational content that is meant to be an aid to a child's maturation rather than a reversing agent. Shows such as Sesame Street and Barney & Friend's play to a child's imaginative side, by using and relying on puppets, cartoons and other magical characters to act as the teachers in this interactive, televised classroom. As a result, children are more likely to enjoy the program and learn the lessons being taught than they might through more conventional means such as in a pre-school setting or through a book.

This is not to say that books and teachers have been replaced. Clearly formal teaching tools and a structured education are needed for any child to develop into a successful, functioning member of society later in life. But the truth of the matter is that with more and more of these shows springing up as of late, they have settled in nicely, alongside these other forms of learning and education, to add to the overall maturation of children today. Moreover, these types of shows do more than simply convert classroom lessons into cartoons. Sure, they do a solid and effective job teaching children things like how to count, and how to read, but they also make an effort to impart more important morals on their eager-to-learn viewers, such as how to share, how to be a good friend, or how to be a good sport when playing games. All of these lessons wrapped up into one are the reason why satellite TV and its plethora of new, children-focused programs should be embraced rather than rejected by adults and parents around the country. What once may have been a negative can now truly be accepted as a positive.

Parents may or may not have been justified for punishing their children by taking away their TV privileges in the past. The TV was something that acted as a distraction more than as a tool for learning, so it was understandable why parents were as strict with it as they were. However, the times have changed, and television is no longer what it used to be - especially with all the options provided by satellite TV. So whether you have a old black and white set or a new, fancy, flat screen high definition model, you can rest at ease that your child is getting something out of all those hours he or she spends in front of it.

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