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Multimedia - Good or Bad?
Television, see what it is doing to our children! Here is the scenario. I turned off the TV because it is time to sleep. Janel who is watching started to cry and madly told me "No! No! No! D's. D's." (Gina D's Kids Club is her favorite TV show). And that is just the beginning. The kids of this generation is experiencing a multimedia explosion. There are cable/satellite TVs, DVDs, high-end cellphone (with MP3, Videocam, internet access, etc), portable games (PSP, Gameboy), computer and internet access (You Tube and online games), etc. Is that all bad? Well, they were invented to fill in a felt need in the first place. But when they dominate our lives and influence us towards the "common bad", that is a different story. So what can we as parents to regulate the impact of these multimedia in our kids' lives? Dr. James Dobson answers this question in one of his books. He suggested that parents should do 3 things in relation to watching TV in particular (but I think the principle applies to other multimedia). First, monitor the quality of programs our children watch. It would be good for us to watch with our children. It can be a pleasant family activity. We can use it as springboard to teach and have healthy discussions. As a practice, we have programmed our TV to show only what is on the Favorites list - a list of programs our children can watch. Including Christian programs sure helps to balance their TV viewing. Second, regulate the quantity of programs they see. How much is enough? Dr. Dobson mentioned that the average preschool child watches up to 54 hours of TV per week. "That is way too much!" he says. So, how can we regulate that? One creative suggestion is the use of tickets. Each child is given tickets per week that he can use to "buy" privileges for watching TV. When his tickets are gone, his viewing is over for the week. This limitation also teaches him to choose wisely choose as to what to watch. Third, include the entire family in establishing the TV policy, if possible. This would help make the regulation more binding if everyone in the family agrees. I hope this piece of information becomes an eye-opener to all of us. I must admit, I'm guilty as well in not imposing proper regulations of the use of multimedia upon our children. Many, including myself, have fallen to the trap of using multimedia to "babysit" our children for comfort's sake. We must change our ways at once before it becomes too late. "Everything is permissible for me" - but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me" - but I will not be mastered by anything. (1 Corinthians 6:12) Apparently, Paul wrote this verse to correct some Christians who were excusing their sin by saying that the Scripture does not strictly forbid what they were doing. As an application of this word today, we can say that the use of multimedia is not sin in itself. Neither is it forbidden by Scripture, but excess use of it is not beneficial as it can control our lives and lead us away from Christ
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This intel was contributed by sahm
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