An average American child spends as much time watching television every week as much time he spends in school- 25 hours. Research shows that watching television for as less as 2 hours a day causes significant sleep problems in school aged children.
Parents now a days are preoccupied with such a lot of work that they are under too much pressure to keep a track of their children's daily activities and so are unaware of the impact of television on children's over all health.
Children who watch too much of television are not interested in going out and playing football or riding bikes, or even just running around with friends. They don't read books to fall asleep but sleep while watching television.
Having a television right in the bedrooms is one of the reasons for excessive television viewing and disturbed sleep. This in turn causes daytime sleepiness, lack of concentration at school and disinterest in mixing and playing with their peer group.
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