The times we are living are the rush ones, gadgets invaded the markets : smartphones, tablets smart tv's and high speed internet are in every house.
It's the era of new technologies, and it's nothing wrong because this gadgets are part of our life somehow.
I will start this article saying a story that i was part of. A few weeks ago i saw a children watching music videos is nothing wrong no!? Yeah nothing wrong when you have a5 year old birthday, and all the quests are watching dance videos with naked girls.
And the father was very proud saying that it's her boy birthday and it's not the first time when he's watching this..
We all know that at this age the children are very receptive and are copying what they see on tv.
So i decided to do some research and talk with people about this matter: nudity in mass media in music video especially. And i found in a research made by University in Hawaii and RAND corporation Study about this problem, and they say:
Children are easily influenced and will often model what they see, this is why age is important factor to consider when children are watching tv. Young children cannot differentiate between what is real and what is not.
Because of this they become vulnerable to what is shown to them on Tv, frequently adopting the attitudes and behaviors portrayed. Other negative effect are disinhibition the bystander effect and fear.
Disinhibition is when a person has a reduced ability to restrain themselves in a impulsive situation. Also the presence of sexual activity in a video can also greatly influence the attitudes of children mainly adolescents.
Sexual activity has been portrays more of recreational activity leading many youths to behave more promiscuously and engage in sex at earlier age.
Within the past few years the amount of sexual content shown on television has doubled and in those portrayals little is said about the consequence of unprotected sex. Although there are other factors that influence teen pregnancy the journal of pediatrics recently established a link between television viewing and teen pregnancy. Adolescents who have high levels of exposure to media that contain sexual content are twice as likely to be involved in a pregnancy over the following three years as their peers who watch few such shows according to a RAND corporation Study.
Sexual content shown on Tv especially in music videos has a bad influence to the youth especially the 4-5 years old.
So i asked people about the sexual content shown in music videos and their negative effect on children.
Dr. Ana Neamtu : Yes of course letting your child watching Tv especially music videos with mature content, on long term the side effects is sexual inhibition.
Inhibition : A mental state or condition in which the varieties of expression and behaviour of an individual become restricted.
Alina Cojocaru (psychotherapist & study abroad counseller) : Yes,the problem letting your child watching tv on mature content that now is everywhere especially on music videos .The parents must do schedule with hours spent on tv combined with fun activities .
Catalina Neata (psychotherapist): Off course are the bad examples and one of side effect are habit disorders that on long term are producing anxiety, sexual dereglation - inhibition. Are of main causes of mature sexual content shown in music videos and on tv.
Loredana Ungureanu (parent ): I decide what my little girl is watching, i have the remote, but also i'm very pleased that she is in a kindergarden were activities are full with programs for her age so from this part i'm not so concerned.
Irina Isac(teacher) Is a big problem because, for parents is so easy to let you child in a front of tv and you, parent are free for few hours to do what you want, but also a problem for those who are promoting this kind of music letting on the first place the popularity of the video, or the show without knowing that children can watch this with or without permission.
Parents must do many recreative activities with their children, we all know that we leaving in times where work is on the first place, but the more important is the health of your child who later are becoming grown man with some issues, big issues.
