What would our society be like if all the televisions were unplugged?  Would it really make a difference in our children’s lives by making them healthier, better educated, or more independent?  All Through high school it seems as if children watching television has always been a controversial issue. 

                To me I feel that the generation of children nowadays are more in to the cyber world.  Instead of going and playing football at the park with friends, they are sitting in their houses playing Xbox.  My generation caught the tail end of going outside and being in the fresh air.  As a child, my friends and I  would pick skateboarding or throwing the football over sitting inside any day.  The problem is the parents aren’t getting their kids up and making them get some exercise.  Parents buy the games and buy the televisions.  Parents have the say so with what their kids do, but it seems as if it’s a new age of parenting where the parents let their kids make the rules rather than them.      

If televisions were unplugged, kids would get a little healthier, it’s not a surprise.  Clearly if a child doesn’t have his precious television he might have to get up and go play outside, so he doesn’t die of boredom.  Playing outside will burn way more calories than sitting on the couch. Especially with all the sugary foods kids like they can afford to burn some, but that’s a different topic.  I really don’t think that education has much to do with television, some of the smartest kids I know are always gaming, whenever I see them.  Most kids don’t watch the news anyway, so they probably won’t read the newspaper.  Kids will definitely become more independent if they didn’t have televisions to rely on.  Kids running around building forts, scraping knees, and twisting ankles will not have to rely on mom and dad as much because they will know how to deal with those issues and be more innovative with materials that are right in front of their faces.  Unplug the T.V.’s, IT WILL NOT HURT ANYONE.