Posted
8:29 AM
by Gene
AGAIN:Middle school students who watch TV or play video games during the week do worse in school than those who don't, a new study finds, but weekend viewing and gaming doesn't affect school performance much....
Children whose parents allowed them to watch R-rated movies also did worse in class, and for boys, that effect was especially strong.... [UNDER 17 NOT ADMITTED WITHOUT PARENT OR ADULT GUARDIAN. Thanks AGAIN,
DR. EVIL!]
"This study should hammer home to parents that this is really serious," Gentile said. "One question all parents are going to be faced with [from their children] is, 'Can I have a TV in my bedroom?' There's a simple two-letter answer for that." The answer is YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Via ArtsJournal, which came up with an interesting hed: "TV, VIDEO GAMES NOT GOOD FOR KIDS AFTER ALL." By the way,
The Worse It Gets, the Better It Is: Why Show-Biz is Good for You is 10,897 on Amazon.com, meaning not even
B. S. DEFENDER's friends are buying it.)