Article Disarming the TV Violent television programming is harming kids, experts say.
Use the tube as a teaching tool. Then they got rowdy and started fighting over the remote. After a while, they lost interest in their homework and their chores. But going cold turkey proved painful for the Weverka family. After a few weeks of severe basketball withdrawal, Peter Weverka hooked up the television again, and the kids were soon ensconced in front of a horror film.