Wednesday, January 9, 2013

22. Too Much TV: Fussy Infants Spend More Time In Front of The Tube



            Television has always come up when people search for a reason behind children having shorter attention spans as well as bad habits.  Now, in this article, people search and find that when children, infants, view television often, it hurts their eating habits.  This is quite frightening and is a big source of child obesity.  This article covers a question that has been answered on many a basis, but it is always a good reminder: television is bad for young developing brains.  Eating in front of a TV will cause children to pursue harmful eating habits which will eventually lead to obesity.

            In Alexandra Sifferlin’s article, she brings up many statistics and quotes from people with authority and knowledge on the matter.  Studies and other tools are used to provide a point for her story.  This subject is increasing in importance and necessity in American culture, because it is everywhere.  This would bring a reader to this article, addressing a common matter that harms people.  Learning to prevent it is obviously important to mothers with children suffering from obesity.  It is something that everyone should try to prevent.  Overall, Sifferlin did a good job bringing up point and proving how they were affective and essential for guiding the reader.

1 comment:

  1. It was well summed up and you pointed out the purpose and thesis very clearly, but I think it would be better if you put the author's name in the first paragraph. Another thing is that perhaps it would be better if the word "obviously" was replaced with another--Mrs. Fadlalla and previous teachers told us a few times to avoid assuming that something is obvious. I also noticed that your last sentence was very general. Maybe you could conclude with a sentence that sums up why it was good.

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