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EXCERPTS FROM MIAMI HERALD COLUMN. 'PUBLIC TELEVISION: AN OASIS FOR
CHILDREN"
(August 13, 1995)
...just at that wonderful stage when young children seem to absorb every new word and
concept that they come across, educational television provides a unique learning tool. Even
watching as little as 25 minutes a day can help. Researchers have found that low-income
children between the ages of 2 and 5, who watch a small amount of educational programming
do significantly better on tests of reading potential, vocabulary, mathematical reasoning, and
overall readiness for school.
"By contrast, kids who spend the same amount of time watching noneducational
cartoons and adult programs are not as well prepared for learning in school."
"...I do not mean to suggest that public television is a panacea. Clearly we parents
must take responsibility for turning off the television more often and monitoring the shows
that our children watch. And we can do more as a society to help our families meet that
challenge. A rating system and the proposed V-chip to block our violent programs from
individual homes could make a difference.
"But let's not kid ourselves. In a culture such as ours, which is SO dominated by
television, children's programming is not a luxury enjoyed by a privileged few; it is
a
necessity for tens of millions of American families."
EXCERPTS FROM REMARKS TO CHILDREN NOW CONFERENCE VIA SATELLITE
(March 4, 1994)
"Over the past few years, a lot of attention has been paid to violence in movies and in
television programming, and in the records that young people listen to. And on that score,
things are beginning to improve. As the President said earlier this week, the entertainment
industry has -- as a result of public concerns -- become much more involved in efforts to
reduce violence in network programming. Their willingness to set up a voluntary monitoring
system is a step in the right direction."
11 One of the biggest dangers of excessive coverage of violence is that, in a child's
eye, the stories validate, sometimes even glamorize, dysfunctional behavior. Violence
becomes normal -- and, in an odd way, even painless. It becomes harder for a child to
distinguish between fact and fiction
"The second danger of excessive coverage is that children become numbed -- or, as
social scientists say, "desensitized" -- to violence. Children become SO habituated to seeing
and hearing about violence that shootings, beatings -- even death -- come to seem normal to
them.
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