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WARNING: LESS TV MAY BE GOOD FOR YOU.(studies show children are less aggressive when they watch less television)(Brief Article)

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Surprise, surprise: If kids spend less time watching TV and cut back on video games, they act less obnoxiously. Or as the scientists put it, less "exposure to media" = "a reduction in aggressive behavior." In a study just published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Stanford professors suggest that you take the TV out of Junior's bedroom (over half of kids today have one there) and that you put your children on a TV budget of, say, seven hours a week. ...

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