TV or no TV?

This volume presents the basics on the research on how television affects children and families. The authors organize their research around the perceptions and insights of four ordinary families who are raising their children without any television in their homes. The book is divided into 9 chapters in which the authors present the no-TV experience through the eyes of the families they studied. The psychological effects of television are revealed by scientific investigations that have been conducted over the past several decades. They also discuss the benefits and drawbacks of not having a TV in the home.