Not So Relaxing Before Bedtime

For many people television is the major form of relaxation after a day at work. However, some studies suggest TV is not a good relaxant. According to a research conducted at The Annenberg School of Communications, television can contribute to people's feelings of anxiety and mistrust.

A Los Angeles psychiatrist, Lawrence J,Friedman, once said, "I am convinced that a great many of the divorces in this country are unnecessary. And its partly because TV teaches us simple solutions to complex problems. People tell me : "If only I could end this marriage, everything would be all right.'Nonsense!"

So instead of divorcing your family, divorce your TV set. When you cut down on Television viewing, you get more entertainment and pleasure from your children and your friends-and your mate. After all, sports psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner, "the primary danger of the TV screen lies not so much in the behavior it produces as in the behaviour it prevents"

-Joan Anderson Wilkins in "Breaking the TV habit"