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Turning It Off
 Websites presented in alphabetical order TV-Turnoff Network 
 This site promotes the annual April TV turn-off, explains television-proofing your house, offers suggestions for other activities, and provides a message board for ideas and encouragement in trading TV for reading. Also find statistics, research on the effects of too much television, essays, and quotes (one child said, "I really didn't like TV-Turnoff Week except I did notice that my grades went up and I was in a good mood all week"). http://www.tv-turnoff.org/ Topics: Media, Recreation, Science, Science, Statistics, Television Last updated Apr 14, 2005 TV-Turnoff Week
Collection of materials about keeping your television off during the last week each April. Features user suggestions and other ideas for alternative ways to entertain your family (such as games, reading, and printable activities), and tips for choosing appropriate television programming for children (covering topics such as racial segregation on television and surviving television advertising). From the Family Education Network. http://fun.familyeducation.com/television/family-time/32940.html Topics: Television Last updated Apr 5, 2006 Your Child: Television
This article considers the effects of watching TV on children's health and family life. Topics include how TV affects brain development, TV violence, TV's influence on children's attitudes toward themselves and others, and the relationship between watching television and obesity, alcohol use, and smoking. Includes links to related sites. From the University of Michigan Health System. http://www.med.umich.edu/yourchild/topics/tv.htm Topics: Health, Television Last updated Apr 2, 2009 |
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