ABSTRACT
The consequences of heavy TV viewing among youngsters are often the concern of parents, teachers and other citizens, sometimes for good reasons. One good reason for such concern, we have just seen, may well be the fact that viewing often turns into a habit, so that it could be said that viewing itself causes and ensures continued viewing. On the assumptions that viewing may reduce other activities, and/or that effects and consequences of viewing are sometimes harmful, this is a result of childhood viewing which should be, and often is, a matter of some concern.
