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Cartoon!!! And It’s Effects on Socio-Emotional Development of Preschoolers

2017; Volume: 22; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.9790/0837-2202011319

2279-0845

Deepika Rajawat,

Child and Animal Learning Development

When a child is born s/he is like a plain paper.It's what we write on the paper that shapes his/her future.So it's totally on usparents, teachers and environment to mould the child into a better person and a holistic one.The children between the age group 3-6 yrs are too small and it is our responsibility to expose these children to a safe, loving and caring environment.An environment which provides enough opportunities to them for their social and emotional development which would help them in attaining a balanced personality in future.In today's world the electronic media is something which is unavoidable by any age group of children.It has become a part and parcel of our life.The amount of time today's kids spent in front of television has increased many folds due to various reasons.For the age group 3-6 yrs who are preschoolers there are numbers of cartoon series being shown on various channels like discovery kids, pogo, cartoon network etc?These also include various indigenous cartoon shows.The global research indicates that 85 percent of a child's core brain structure is already complete in the early years.Hence these are the years where extra care needs to be taken regarding what we are showing our kids, how we are behaving in front of them, giving them enough opportunities of in hand experiences etc.It becomes very important that the environment in which we are upbringing them is happy, healthy, safe and filled with love and is far-far away from violence.Thus care needs to be taken of what we are showing these kids in these cartoons where these children are spending a lot of time.But is media responsible enough in showing the content which leads to an appropriate social and emotional development of these children?This paper focuses on the content that various cartoon channels are showing and the various social and emotional tenets that these children are taking from these programmes.