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Television Controls Children’s Behavior In the past, television spread rapidly in human culture and now most people have television in their house. Also all generations watch its programs frequently. However television programs have a negative influence on recent children’s physical and mental growth. For example, recently children becoming passive and incapable of surviving in a hard situation because of their wealthy environment; such as television program providing many kinds of information with pictures. Therefore, this environment causes children to be physically and mentally less active. Now and in the future, children’s thinking and behavior are controlled by the influence of television. Today, children who grow up with the television have more tendencies to spend their time watching television. According to the American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry, now, American children “watch an average of three to fours hours of television daily. Television can be a powerful influence in developing value systems and shaping behavior” (http://www.parenthoodweb.com/parent_cfmfiles). On the other hand, their parents had less of an opportunity to spend their time watching television in their childhoods instea