Be active against passive.
Has everyone already come back to reality after New Year's holiday?I enjoyed New Year's holiday at Mother's main branch home.I realized that our family watched TV very little during this New Year's holiday; we didn't even watch annual intercollegiate road relay race.-While I could watch annual Year-end Grand Song Festival a little on TV this time.One of the reasons is I was busy with house works and farm works from the New Year's day, as usual -the main branch of our family is a farmer.Besides, my grandfather used to have almost nothing to do but to watch TV at home, but now he seldom watches TV at home:A few months ago, he somehow suddenly took interested in "music and songs".I asked Mother and an acquainted Enka singer to make guess at singers whom Grandfather likes, and found CDs.Since then, Grandfather is always listening to music tapes when he is at home, and now less and less he watches TV.As a result, there are various good effects and changes.First, Grandfather stopped idling times away lying in his bedroom and watching TV, so it has saved his eye strain.Second, the reason he took interested in music is he's been interested in karaoke; he has found a pleasure to enjoy with neighboring friends.Watching TV idly is completely passive, and I've heard it increases the risk of dementia for elderly people.Listening to music can be as passive as watching TV, but if he listens to songs reading lyrics to remember songs, it's not passive.It's already proved scientifically that watching TV long time is harmful to children's high-level cognitive function and linguistic intelligence.Not only children, but also people in wide generations -and elderly people like Grandfather.In the first place, TV is passive media from the beginning.That's why it's better to take active reaction to TV:Select programs to watch, watch critically, turn off TV immediately after the program is and avoid idling time away.I confess I regret of watching a vulgar sitcoms when I was a child.Back then, such programs might have been required and popular.And maybe there are still some viewers who select such TV programs, news programs broadcasted by beautiful female casters without field experience, and meaningless show-biz news enjoying bullying entertainers...-That's why such programs are still going on.But now some people have grown up and feel angry at vulgar programs.Even so, TV providers' side still believes that many viewers are still thoughtless -I feel like suspect, otherwise they would be more careful in selecting what to report.On the second thought... I reduced the time to watch TV at home before criticism against rubbish TV programs increased.Simply because of the change of my life after I recovered from my mental disease and began to work again, NOT because I thought TV was boring back then.So I might not be the right person to deal with relationship with TV. Not buying products from sponsors of vulgar programs can be one of good active countermeasures to take,-But if I don't watch TV, I cannot do that.Besides, without TV, I cannot get visual flash information in case of natural disasters like typhoon.◆:Ready to place summery if asked