At that time, I just started to get in touch with English enlightenment systematically, and I also felt that it was no problem to watch English cartoons. But more than a year later, because I was taught by my predecessors, and then I saw the influence of cartoons on my children and others' children, I was convinced that cartoons did more harm than good to children, and English cartoons had little effect on children's English enlightenment.
Before Mimi was three years old, I knew little about English enlightenment, or infant enlightenment. Many times, I read an article in the East and listen to the advice of people who have been in the West to decide what Mimi can and can't do. For comics, I thought it would be nice to have something that could attract children. One is to exercise attention, and the other is to let him have the same anime memory as children of the same age.
Therefore, our parents have no objection to children watching cartoons. But also often change the pattern to choose comics.
Later, I made a little progress in my belief and understanding, and found that not all cartoons can be shown to children, so I began to turn to foreign cartoons for help. One is safer, and the other is to sharpen my English ears.
Most of the children around me also watch cartoons. Sometimes I go to the botanical garden to walk my children, meet other people's Xiong Haizi, and talk about the characters in cartoons.
It is certainly good for parents to show their children English cartoons. As soon as the cartoon was shown, the children immediately sat there quietly, motionless and staring at the screen. Then we don't have to accompany our children, and we can do something we have to do or want to do.
Especially when we show English cartoons to our children, our guilt will be reduced by half. Cartoons are in English, and children grind their ears. We may comfort ourselves like this.
A foreign colleague of mine has two Xiong Haizi, who are one year apart. He once said to me half-reluctantly and half-jokingly, "Sometimes TV is the best nanny." Once tortured by two Xiong Haizi, I also made the same remark in my circle of friends.
Throw Xiong Haizi to the cartoon to make my world quiet, ok?
Not good! Let me analyze it from several aspects.
The influence of bad advertisements
First of all, do you really have the confidence to show your children the advertisements that follow cartoons? If they still watch cartoons on TV or online, there is no doubt that they will be exposed to many advertisements, many of which are really not suitable for children.
The advertisements of TV stations may be distributed scientifically, and they are all related to children. But even so, aren't you worried that children will become too material? There are too many things in advertisements, so it's hard not to pester you to buy them.
Mimi went to grandma's house to watch cartoons for a while. He knew the contents of the advertisement very well. He won't buy it right away, but he will definitely ask when he sees it. I think it's really bad to stimulate children's desire for consumption.
It is a lie that people don't really like what is advertised. We have lived for so long, don't you know? After buy buy bought it, the empty space in your heart may only be calculated by yourself and God.
If a child watches cartoons through the internet, he will be exposed to a wide range of advertisements, which are often irrelevant to children. I accompanied my children to watch cartoons on the Internet, and the advertisements I was exposed to were violent, horrible and pornographic ... The advertisements that stimulated children's desire for consumption were not bad.
Once, a mother shared that she used a film and television website to play cartoons for her children. As a result, an advertisement shocked her and scared her to turn it off quickly. This is actually an advertisement related to pornography.
The influence of bad words and deeds
The influence of comics itself on children should not be underestimated. It is not once or twice that children imitate cartoon characters and do some crazy things.
The above is the online spit on comics.
Indeed, the current comics are worrying. Many cartoons are full of pictures and plots of fighting, swearing, disrespect, no pity, teasing, bullying and injury.
Children have strong imitation ability. If they input these contents every day, we can't expect their life to be full of kindness, joy, peace, faithfulness, gentleness and temperance. ...
Although some cartoons are very good-looking, as parents, we should not take them lightly. We should always observe the changes in children's words and deeds.
We think Tu Tu with Big Ears is a very good cartoon, especially because it will skillfully teach children some subject knowledge. We used to show Mimi with confidence. But once, we found that Mimi would cry on the ground when some requirements were not met. We were surprised at that time, because he was not like this before, and there was no other chance to learn this bad habit.
Later, we remember this scene in Tu Tu. Tu Tu didn't listen to her parents, so she cried on the ground. The adults didn't agree, and the children learned it at once. Later, we spent a long time and energy to correct Mimi's bad habits.
Doing things that hurt others like Big Wolf and Logger Vick may be extreme and rare, but if we don't choose them properly, our children will be influenced by the values and worldview conveyed by cartoons.
We don't want to cultivate children into flowers in the greenhouse. We believe that parents should protect their children and screen suitable content for them before they have any ability to distinguish right from wrong. Strive to cultivate children's concept of learning right and wrong, good and evil, establish correct values and cultivate discrimination. We hope that in the near future, they can know what they can and can't see, what is good for themselves and what is harmful to them.
Other influences
As far as watching cartoons is concerned, there are also many disadvantages. Cartoons are usually brightly colored and the picture changes quickly. Staring at the screen for a long time will definitely have a bad effect on children's eyesight.
It also has a negative impact on the formation of children's reading habits. Cartoons have no dead ends in all directions, leaving no room for children's imagination. Looks relaxed, too. You don't need to take the initiative to calm down, just sit there passively and watch.
But reading is different. You need to imagine, you need to think, you need to be quiet, and you can understand it. It is really difficult for a child who is used to watching cartoons to form the habit of reading.
As a way of English enlightenment, the effect is not good.
I saw from my boss Mimi that I tried to inspire my children with English cartoons, which was really a miscalculation. Mimi often looks at the English version of Thomas and his friends and asks him what he has seen, but he doesn't know.
I think he can enjoy watching it, which has nothing to do with English and stories, just because he likes Thomas in it. I used to think that if you take your time, the children will understand. Later, I watched English picture books with my children and listened to them sing children's songs with him. I found that this is a more effective method of English enlightenment.
He watched the English version of Thomas for so long that he couldn't even sing the ending song, but after listening to children's songs for several months, especially after contacting JYbooks, he was too good at singing. Therefore, if you want to enlighten children with English cartoons, it is not impossible, but it will get twice the result with half the effort.
alternative
Of course, this does not mean that children should never be shown cartoons again. In principle, our family can only watch cartoons for half an hour on Saturday every week. When my mother is in a hurry, she sometimes uses cartoons to put out the fire.
However, cartoons usually avoid TV and Internet and play directly on DVD. In this way, there is no interference from advertisements, and the selected films are trustworthy and have been seen with children. Some are children's English enlightenment, such as Sesame Street English (the protagonist is Tingo), Sesame Street Early Education Program (the protagonist is Elmo), and a set of train baby Chugginton (I am a little digression about this. Mimi only learned the sound of the train running from this cartoon: rolling, rolling and the names of several trains. I can only).
Another way is to let children listen to stories with their ears. Mimi spends a lot of time listening to stories in the Himalayas. He has listened to several cartoons many times. I think this is a good choice.
Children have stories to listen to, and parents can calm down and do what they want. It is more important to avoid all-round pictures without dead ends, give the child room for imagination, cultivate his attention and liberate his eyes at the same time.
Another method is parent-child reading. Choose some classic picture books (refer to pictures and stories when buying picture books) to tell children, which not only enhances parent-child relationship, but also cultivates children's aesthetic feeling, stimulates children's imagination and develops children's reading habits from an early age. How nice!
So, please think twice before the next cartoon.