Watching television is bad for children. To what extend do you agree or disagree? "Smart people have a large library, while poor people have a great television". This statement could say so much about influences telly on a human being, however, every day we develop more and more absolutely different kinds of channels. This essay will discuss pros and cons watching television for children. First of all, I would like to point out that nowadays we have many teaching cartoons, which help babies to learn from them the world in an interesting way. I have a daughter 4 years old, she loves to watch cartoons. Once I heard she sand a kind and pleasant song. I was wondering and asked who taught you to sing this song, maybe in kindergarten? She replied that this song from a cartoon which she heard at grandmother house. Another key point she is a truly active child and could run non stop all the day, nevertheless, I can be absolutely calm and free one hour a day during she watching an animation. In this case, I see only benefits for little one from watching television. Important to realize that not all television is same be helpful. On the negative side, person incidentally could pick some channel for adults and see some movie with a crime or even scene with sexual details which could develop a wild interest in it. So, it might be extremely dangerous for children. Frequently parents overlooked what exactly watching their kids. Therefore, television could bring wrong influence. At the same time, I would like to emphasize that while children procrastinate the significant time on the screen, they could be outside on fresh air or just spend time with family. To conclusion, I can say that watching television for children useful, but the most essential we must control what they watch and how long.