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The research on TV being bad for toddlers does not take into account programs specifically designed to help toddlers understand happiness (since these programs have not yet aired). Given all of the erroneous information children will receive regarding happiness (from parents, school, the media, etc.) throughout the rest of their lives, any harm caused by toddlers watching programs about happiness would probably be far outweighed by the benefit gained in raising a generation of children who will not as likely fall prey to the same mistakes their parents and grandparents made with respect to seeking happiness.
Happiness,
George
George
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From: Malcolm Macgregor
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 5:49 PM
Subject: RE: [happinessgroup] UK happiness show for children
If you read the reference I gave you, you will see that the scientists there make a very good case for ANY television being
bad for toddlers. It doesn't matter if its a programme on happiness. "The medium is the problem", to paraphrase a famous
slogan.
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From: happinessgroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:happinessgroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of George Ortega
Sent: 15 December 2005 19:01
To: happinessgroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [happinessgroup] UK happiness show for childrenI appreciate the referral, however that article is not about Teletubbies per se; it is about toddlers watching TV in general. I routinely advocate against watching TV (especially news and violence) on my own program, however I also understand that for something as little understood as happiness, TV can be a very effective vehicle for education. We're not going to change viewer habits overnight; as long as children are still watching TV, its a step in the right direction that they watch programs genuinely designed to help them become happier.Happiness,
George----- Original Message -----From: Malcolm MacgregorSent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 8:03 AMSubject: RE: [happinessgroup] UK happiness show for childrenHappiness? Or adverse behaviour, warped brains, slowed metabolism, educational hindrance, increasedADHD, and depression?This programme is made by the same people who make teletubbies. See this for what top Brit &Harvard psychologists think about teletubbies:-----Original Message-----
From: happinessgroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:happinessgroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of George Ortega
Sent: 14 December 2005 18:42
To: a HappinessGroup
Subject: [happinessgroup] UK happiness show for childrenHi Everyone,I thought you might appreciate knowing that happiness is making its way to children's television.Happiness,
George
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