Articles Tagged: TV

Children's TV time linked to unhealthy snack food eating

By Kelly Rose Bradford, May 10, 2012

A survey has concluded that children and teens who watch a lot of television are less likely to eat their quota of fruit and veg a day - because they are too busy snacking on sweets and fizzy drinks.

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Ha Ha Hairies: The weird new pre-school characters making their TV debut

By Liz Stansfield, Apr 2, 2012

Watch our exclusive clip of the new children’s TV show Ha Ha Hairies on Parentdish

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Do young children really need TV programmes teaching Mandarin?

By Heidi Scrimgeour, Mar 12, 2012

Would you feel less guilty about plonking your child in front of the goggle box if their screen time was spent watching an educational programme that could teach them a new language?

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Children go to school so tired they fall asleep in the classroom

By Keith Kendrick, Mar 2, 2012

Children are turning up at school so tired from staying up late their teachers let them fall asleep in the classroom, a survey reveals.

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Mortified teenager sees her parents at a swingers' club - on TV!

By Keith Kendrick, Feb 17, 2012

A mortified 15 year-old girl switched on the TV to see her mother in stockings and suspenders in a cage while her father was dressed as Batman with a sex toy in his hand – at a swingers’ club.

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10 things every dad-to-be and new dad needs to know

By Keith Kendrick, Feb 15, 2012

10 handy tips for expectant and new dads who are facing fatherhood for the first time

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Kids' television: What did YOUR parents ban?

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Feb 8, 2012

Poor Peppa Pig. Just like a legion of seemingly innocuous TV characters before her, she has been blamed for the degeneration of children's behaviour with her porcine peccadilloes and wanton ways.

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Is Peppa Pig is a bad influence on young children?

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Jan 9, 2012

She's the pig with a TV show, books, clothing range and even a theme park to her name, and now, Peppa Pig is also the porky with too much attitude who is a bad influence on our children.

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