Wednesday, 8 January 2014

Do cartoons leave only negative effect in the minds of the children?

Why do we always think that cartoons leave a negative effect in the innocent minds of the tiny toddlers? Everything has a story on the other side of the coin and so the story of cartoons also does have. Even if children watch cartoon most of the time in television then parents should instruct them what things to highlight more. Cartoon is not a new concept.
The concept of cartoon was started around 1499. Earlier, cartoons were mostly used for newspapers for political issues. The political cartoons were also used for the movement of independence in colonial America. The cartoons were mostly put in the newspapers to provide a inner theme for the rising revolutionary spirit.Now cartoons are found more in video format.
Print cartoons are less preferred by the people and especially the children. Cartoons have some positive aspects also, such as educational benefits, helps in building the confidence level in the children, improves creativity and imaginative power, develop parents-children relationship and last but not the least it is a source of entertainment.Cartoons are also education oriented. Such cartoons let the children to learn many things.
This helps mostly the infants and the toddlers to learn many new things including new words and objects. Children learn many things even before going to school when they watch television in their early stage of life. They grab things easily and learn how to speak and carry out themselves. By watching cartoon, children learn new languages and vocabulary. Children learn languages like English more easily from these cartoon films as compared to their teachers and classrooms because they find cartoon films more interesting than any other thing.
Children often try to imitate their favorite cartoon characters while watching the cartoon films. Many times they are found talking and behaving in the same manner as the cartoon characters do. People mostly think these things spoil children but by doing these they feel more comfortable and confident and can mingle up with people more easily and even can perform anything in front of the entire crowd. It even enhances the imaginative level of the children. There is also example in the literature that childrens imagination can be improved by television content.
The more they watch cartoons the more it helps them to imagine things positively. Children become more creative by watching cartoon films. They opt for new ideas and concepts with the help of which they can express their talent. This in a way helps to make the bond between parents and their toddlers much stronger as when they buy story books, watch various cartoons, and join their children to watch children programs together.
Watching programmes in television with children is sometimes become necessary to make the children feel that what they are watching is worthy enough. Many researches have resulted that parent-children relationship is much influenced by media. One of the vital thing is cartoon films always been a source of entertainment for the children including the toddlers and the infants. The infants enjoy the sound and the movements of the cartoon characters and learn a lot from it.

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