Watching television is bad for children.

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

　　Model Answer:

　　Some parents believe that watching television is bad for their children.   So, they try to restrict their children from watching TV. However, other parents   think that there is nothing bad in watching TV. Personally, I think that   watching TV brings children only benefits unless they spend in front of TV set   less then a couple of hours daily. For the following reasons, which I will   mention bellow, I believe that television plays an essential role in child's   development.

　　First of all, television helps a child to extent his or her range of   interests. Children can find out many new things and make many exiting   discoveries for themselves. In addition to these practical benefits television   improves children's vocabulary, their memory and gives them the opportunity to   gain more knowledge. I think it is very essential for a child. Of cause, someone   can say that there are plenty of different recourses of information such as   books and teachers. But, I think, in our modern world children must learn faster   and use all contemporary technology in order to succeed.

　　Second of all, watching cognitive programs helps children to learn more   about wild life, our environment and about the importance of preserving our   forest and wild animals that live there.

　　Scientists say that a child should not watch TV more then 40 minutes   successively. For example, my mother always made us have a break after watching   TV more then half an hour and let our eyes rest for several minutes before   turning on the TV again. I think it is the best solution.

　　To sum up, I believe that television gives children and all people the   opportunity to learn what can not be learn from books. Television and movies in   particular allow people to feel the reality and see what they will most likely   not be able to see in their lives. Personally, when I was a child I liked to   watch cognitive programs about wild animals. Unfortunately, my family had only   one TV, but these programs were the only ones we all wanted to watch. So, we   gathered in our living room and watched them in complete silence and I always   remember those moments with a smile on my face.