[Izzy Dunne]

if you put in garbage, you get lower IQ's. If you put in quality tv series, you get high IQ's.

I would disagree. The very act of watching TV is detrimental to young minds. The content can make it more or less so, but it is still addictive. It causes kids to NOT be outside playing, NOT be reading, NOT be building things with Erector sets, NOT be interacting with others. And commercials make them want stuff and think that everyone else has it.

True, they can learn stuff from a good TV show, but the price is high.

[Paul C. Jesup]

The very act of watching TV is detrimental to young minds.

That is to broad a statement to be true. I don't know what you watch, but for example I find science fiction to inspire people with possiblilites and ideas to go out and learn more about the subjects that those sci-fi series showed and create new technologies that helps humanity that are inspired by those sci-fi shows.

Or do I really need to going into how many real life scientists and engineers are sci-fi fans

[JTHomes]

I would disagree. The very act of watching TV is detrimental to young minds. The content can make it more or less so, but it is still addictive. It causes kids to NOT be outside playing, NOT be reading, NOT be building things with Erector sets, NOT be interacting with others. And commercials make them want stuff and think that everyone else has it.

So does school in many cases.

[devoted]

Many parents are relying too much on 2-dimensional learning tools instead of 3-dimensional. I would think that these arguments could be held for computers as well, i.e. sitting them in front of a computer screen with learning games for long periods of time.

I agree with you. Children need to outside, need to be reading, need to be playing with their erector set, and they need to be interacting with others.

My children would much rather be outside biking and rollerblading than being inside watching TV.