Children and Watching TV Television viewing is a major activity and influence on children and adolescents. Children in the United States watch an average of three to four hours of television a day. By the time of high school graduation, they will have spent more time watching television than they have in the classroom. While television can entertain, inform, and keep our children company, it may also influence them in undesirable ways. Children and TV Violence 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.
Unfortunately, much of today's television programming is violent.