That 'idiot box' or the television set needs to be turned off, especially when the exams are nearing and your kid is glued to his cartoons and games. Apart from that and these days, television channels are filled with adult content, violence and nonsensical features that fill the young minds with useless thoughts. For sure you could use child-locking systems to close that cable set-top box for good, however, in this day and age, kids are smarter and they could break a code or two. If you need more ideas on how to stop the kid from watching too much television, since you cannot completely put a ban, here are five ways to undo the harm of too much television viewing.
Five ways to stop your kids from overindulging in television. You could make watching television a family routine, and unplug for the rest too when there isn't anything interesting on. In addition to that, you could set up a playtime with adults and the kids alike, so that the television is not thought off as the only source of entertainment. Finally, you could even set limits for the kids if they want to watch television too; however, these are ideas tried and tested that may or may not work. So what do you do?
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