Still on our discussion about the effect of cartoons on our young ones.
Let's talk about the positive effects because believe it or not, there are numerous advantages to our children watching cartoons.
There are times my children are telling me something and I'm lost. Let's take an example of an incident that happened yesterday. My daughter was talking about a blow fish(between you and I, I don't know what it is) so I asked her what a blow fish is. She then explained that its a fish that puffs up and looks like a balloon with spikes on it.
I went further to ask her where she learnt about it and she said in a cartoon. My husband and I looked at each other because he knows the fish but I didn't and I was impressed. I googled it later and read up on the puffer fish/blow fish.
So our children watching cartoons, indirectly teaches us and spurs us to learn more for their sakes. That's a good thing right?
Quality children's programme can teach our children good manners, how to interact with people, world history and cultures, basic science (take Nina and the neurons for example), how to help those in need and a lot of other positives.
On the plus side for us the parents too we need some time to ourselves without their disturbances. Times to breathe, to hurriedly or leisurely cook that meal you've been longing to cook in a while, to take a nap or to surf the internet, to read some chapters of that book you've been reading for months and all such catch ups. But generally, there are times we need space. At such times, cartoons to the rescue.
So why too much cartoons can be bad for our children, a little is definitely good for them and for us.
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