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| Kids and Modern Television | Here you may find some useful advises about making time spent in front of TV screen productive and safe:
Be a good example.
Parents should both limit TV viewing.
Watch TV with child.
When you don’t have chance to watch TV program to the end at least watch the first few minutes to make sure the child is not watching something useless, frightening or forbidden.
Limit the number of TV-watching hours.
Encourage kids to do something else: read books, look through kids' magazines, play toys, puzzles, board games, etc.
Switch off the TV while having a meal.
Don't permit to watch TV while doing homework.
Remember about ratings.
Rating tools for different age groups are developed for most TV programs and usually appear onscreen or in newspaper TV programs.
Practice weekday ban.
Studying at school, sports activities, and responsibilities about the house make it hard to find extra time to spend with a family during the week. On weekend do all your best to spend as much time as possible together with your family: go out for a meal, play games, read books, go for a walks with children, spend much time outdoors. If you nevertheless have a desire to watch something with your family find programs or shows you may watch together. Programs that reinforce your family's values, quiz shows, shows with interesting thematic.
 Talk to children about what they see on TV and share your own opinions, beliefs, values.
If you see something inappropriate on the TV screen turn it off and ask your child such questions that provoke thinking (What do you think about? How do you find this situation? How do you feel about?). Always try to explain situation difficult for child’s understanding (mistreatment of the characters, discrimination of the people etc).
Offer funny unusual alternative to television like playing a board game, playing outside or reading, another words enjoy quality time with your kids.
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