Do you agree or disagree with the following statement ? Watching television is bad for children . Use specific details and examples to support your answer . Some parents believe that watching television is bad for their children . So , they try to restrict their children from watching TV . However , other parents think that there is nothing bad in watching TV . Personally , I think that watching TV brings children only benefits unless they spend in front of TV set less then a couple of hours daily . For the following reasons , which I will mention bellow , I believe that television plays an essential role in child ' s development . First of all , television helps a child to extent his or her range of interests . Children can find out many new things and make many exiting discoveries for themselves . In addition to these practical benefits television improves children ' s vocabulary , their memory and gives them the opportunity to gain more knowledge . I think it is very essential for a child . Of cause , someone can say that there are plenty of different recourses of information such as books and teachers . But , I think , in our modern world children must learn faster and use all contemporary technology in order to succeed . Second of all , watching cognitive programs helps children to learn more about wild life , our environment and about the importance of preserving our forest and wild animals that live there . Scientists say that a child should not watch TV more then 40 minutes successively . For example , my mother always made us have a break after watching TV more then half an hour and let our eyes rest for several minutes before turning on the TV again . I think it is the best solution . To sum up , I believe that television gives children and all people the opportunity to learn what can not be learn from books . Television and movies in particular allow people to feel the reality and see what they will most likely not be able to see in their lives . Personally , when I was a child I liked to watch cognitive programs about wild animals . Unfortunately , my family had only one TV , but these programs were the only ones we all wanted to watch . So , we gathered in our living room and watched them in complete silence and I always remember those moments with a smile on my face .