Why do young children watch videotapes over and over again?
I remember doing this, I had a favourite, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 On video tape, and watched it repeatedly.
At the time I didn't understand why I didn't get bored. It was just so amazing.
However, I still can't explain the reason why I repeatedly watched the video multiple times.
I've sat through a bug's life dozens of times with my young nieces and whilst they never tire of it, I find myself appreciating the film more each time.
Perhaps it is because our minds are not developed enough to remember a variety of images and wishes to recreate the experience of enjoyment/fear etc...?
What do you think is the reason young children watch the same video over and over again?
Answer:
Children love to know what's coming next, so many things are new to them and it gives them a sense of security to see/hear things they already know. It'll be like this with anything, they will want the same jokes again and again, and still find them funny. They can sing the same songs with you beacuse they love being able to get it right, they know the words, they understand whats happens, they know what movements to do. In a story they will often point out things to you that you showed them when you first read them the book, like, eg, that's an elephant isn't it? Theyre big aren't they.
xxxx
Its a comfort, something to go to in time of distress.
mostly because the kid loves the movie so most likely you would want to watch it again and again
please vote for me as best answer!!
Because it is the one thing at that moment that we know we like. I could still watch some of those tapes over and over.
because they want to .
They know what they want and they don't care what anyone else thinks, they will watch it a hundred times, that is why I will still watch Urban Cowboy every time it comes on!
because they love to be annoying LOL!
bc its entertaining?
because they dont often rember it as well thare brains are still developing. so its watching it for a first time or youve seen the previews.
maybe it's the control over the environment. if you watch the same thing over and over again, you know what's gonna happen and everything is in your hands. you can recite the words, you can act out what is going on. it's comforting to expierence the same pleasure over and over.
They do this for the same reason that they make their mum read the same story over and over. It is to slowly drive their mother mad, insane and tipped over the edge. My youngest made me read a horrible book that a friend had given him about harvesting potatoes and vegetables with tractors and things called boom crops. I still have nightmares about that book. Three times a day or more. I can still recite the blasted thing ' and the farmer uses the potato sorter to sort the potatoes' Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
Now he is older and totally into racing motorbikes he watches the same motocross videos over and over until even I can tell you were Chad Reed is going to drop the bike or what place he will come in the race. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Study just recently says the average is about 17 times before they get fed up with a tape/dvd. I have to agree, I still know the entire script of the Care Bear Movie and my two girls are in their late teens/early twenties.
Don't panic. Remember that watching one television show with some violence content is not going to irreversibly damage your child. What matters most for young children is the cumulative effect of what he or she watches and the general viewing habits that he or she develops.
And of course, you can't always be there to control what your child is watching. By all means, tell other parents and babysitters how you feel about your child watching violent programs, but recognize that you will probably not be able to keep your child completely innocent. Your child is going to see examples of aggression, even in the playground. Teaching your child what to think about violence on TV goes hand in hand with teaching him or her what to think about violence in the real world.
2. Make rules and stick to them, but allow for some flexibility. You as a parent have the right and the responsibility to make decisions for your children. In general, parents who set rules but who leave some room for compromise have happier, more competent children than parents who let their children make their own rules or parents who are rigid and dictatorial.
3. If possible, start early in influencing your children's exposure to television. It is easier to enforce rules with younger children than with older ones, and younger children are the ones who appear to be most sensitive to the negative effects of video violence. Moreover, when good TV habits are established early, they are easier to maintain.
4. If you want to reduce the amount of violent content they are exposed to, make rules about what your children can watch rather than about how much they can watch.
Even so, you may also want to consider limiting the number of hours your children watch TV so that they have time for other activities. You can make them earn their television time by finishing their homework or chores or by playing outside for a while. You are the expert on what is reasonable for your children and you know what will fit best into your family routine.
5. Make sure you can live with the rules you set and that you are ready to enforce them. The important thing about any TV viewing agreement is how consistently you implement it. Keep it as simple as possible. A few rules are easier to remember and obey than an elaborate system that everyone ignores.
Remember that children will usually balk at making changes in their viewing habits. You have to be prepared to stick it out to convince them you are serious.
6. Make video technology your ally. You cannot watch every program with your children or preview all the shows they might want to watch. However, young children are often happy to watch their favourite videotapes over and over again; you can let them watch a tape you have already seen instead of worrying about what is on television at that specific time.
7. Make lists of programs you consider acceptable. But rather than trying to vet all possible programs to decide whether your children should be watching them, consult Jack Livesley and Frank Trotz's book The Penguin Guide to Children'sTV and Video for useful reviews of many children's shows and suggestions for appropriate selections for different age groups.
8. Consider investing in an electronic device that can limit television watching, if your children have their own TV set. Otherwise, you will find it hard to control what they watch. There are many devices that will limit TV watching when you are not there. Addie Jurs, in Becoming Unglued, describes several such gadgets of different levels of sophistication and cost. They include "The Switch," which controls electricity to the TV set through a unit with a key (available for about US $25 from P.O. Box 344, Western Springs, Illinois, U.S.A. 60558), and Super Vision, which will turn the television on and off in two specific time periods for each of four children (about US $100 from Tectrics Labs, 5256 South Mission Road, Suite 110, Bonsall, California, U.S.A. 92003).
9. Give your children attractive alternatives to TV. Enrolling them in regularly scheduled community programs or making a routine of outdoor excursions or indoor crafts will reduce the number of arguments about television and teach children how to enjoy a broader range of activities.
A Canadian study examined the changes in how families living in a small town spent their days before and after television was introduced. It found that people spent less time talking, socializing outside the home, doing household tasks, engaging in leisure activities such as reading, knitting, and writing, and being involved in community activities and sports after television became available. They even slept less (Williams and Handford, 1986). It is clear that television's impact on children arises not only from the kinds of behaviour it promotes, but also from the other activities it replaces.
10. Adapt your approach to the age of your child. With the under-fives you can set the rules without too much discussion, but with older children you will want to listen to their feelings and explain the reasons for the rules. This also gives you a chance to talk to them about your beliefs. Teaching the right values is probably just as important as controlling what your children watch in making sure that they do not grow up to be aggressive. Besides, children will go along with rules more often when they have been involved in the process of making them. As your children enter adolescence, you must allow them to make more of their own decisions in this area as in others.
11. Talk to your children about television, and get them to tell you how they see it. One of the most powerful ways of keeping children from being affected by TV violence is to get them to tell you how children can be fooled or hurt by what they see on television (Huesmann, Eron, Klein, Brice and Fischer, 1993). Some books about television's effects that you can read with your child to start the discussion are, listed in Suggested Reading on the next page.
12. Be prepared for the possibility that, for your children's sake, you may have to change your own TV viewing habits. Decide how you feel about violent content. Be aware of what you watch when your children are around and decide whether you can and should reconsider your choices. If you don't want to give up your favourite shows, you can always tape them and watch them after your children are in bed.
I'm an adult and i still watch the same movie over and over. its how that movie makes you feel, either drama or comedy or whatever. your mind wants to feel that feeling again. its really not that complicated.
I used to have near total recall, so I could remember every detail of anything that I watched. Still, if I had some favorite shows I would want to watch them again and again. That's because there is a big difference between remembering it and going through the experience of actually watching it. And you get to comment on the things you like as they happen to whomever you're with at the time.
Attention span, and they enjoy watching them over and over, they are fun to watch. My son could basically memorize the videos he watched. I still enjoy watching certain children's videos, they seem to be the best made for the majority of films.
When i was young i would watch Land Before Time over and over i would actually watch it and rewind it and play it again.......to tell you the truth i think when we are young our minds dont have much room so we forget things like we remember our 12 birthday but i think when we are young we have short term memory loss and its like we arte watching the movie for the first time over and over hahahahahahahaha.
Children take comfort in things that are predictable and/or familiar.
LOL! I totally know how you feel. When I was a little kid I would sit and watch a movie over and over and over again...like I would watch the chipmunks (lol) like 5 times over and not be bored of it! Now if I watch the same movie twice, I sometimes about die of bordom. I think the reason that younger children do that is because unlike adults, they dont always follow the story line to the movie. For them I guess its more like temporary intertainment to watch the funny animals bounce around on the screen - not follow the whole story. I dont know, but I think that really makes sense as to why!
There are few reasons. The main reason though is that each time the kid watches it they absorb and process more of it, especially if it is a show with many layers.
In his book "The Tipping Point" Malcolm Gladwell traces the creation of Sesame Street and the lessons they learned about a child's willingness to watch the same episode over and over and how this was applied by the creators of shows like "Blue Clues" and "Dora the Explorer".
Interesting, it's because they get a deeper level of understanding at each watching. There was some research done on this. It's described in the book "Tipping Point" byMalcomn Galdwell. He talks about how they research kids shows. He points to "Blue's Clues" as a good example. They actually run the same show 5 times! The clues get progressively harder throughout the program and by the end of the 5th show, the kids are solving the tough clues. Very interesting reading.
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At the time I didn't understand why I didn't get bored. It was just so amazing.
However, I still can't explain the reason why I repeatedly watched the video multiple times.
I've sat through a bug's life dozens of times with my young nieces and whilst they never tire of it, I find myself appreciating the film more each time.
Perhaps it is because our minds are not developed enough to remember a variety of images and wishes to recreate the experience of enjoyment/fear etc...?
What do you think is the reason young children watch the same video over and over again?
Answer:
Children love to know what's coming next, so many things are new to them and it gives them a sense of security to see/hear things they already know. It'll be like this with anything, they will want the same jokes again and again, and still find them funny. They can sing the same songs with you beacuse they love being able to get it right, they know the words, they understand whats happens, they know what movements to do. In a story they will often point out things to you that you showed them when you first read them the book, like, eg, that's an elephant isn't it? Theyre big aren't they.
xxxx
Its a comfort, something to go to in time of distress.
mostly because the kid loves the movie so most likely you would want to watch it again and again
please vote for me as best answer!!
Because it is the one thing at that moment that we know we like. I could still watch some of those tapes over and over.
because they want to .
They know what they want and they don't care what anyone else thinks, they will watch it a hundred times, that is why I will still watch Urban Cowboy every time it comes on!
because they love to be annoying LOL!
bc its entertaining?
because they dont often rember it as well thare brains are still developing. so its watching it for a first time or youve seen the previews.
maybe it's the control over the environment. if you watch the same thing over and over again, you know what's gonna happen and everything is in your hands. you can recite the words, you can act out what is going on. it's comforting to expierence the same pleasure over and over.
They do this for the same reason that they make their mum read the same story over and over. It is to slowly drive their mother mad, insane and tipped over the edge. My youngest made me read a horrible book that a friend had given him about harvesting potatoes and vegetables with tractors and things called boom crops. I still have nightmares about that book. Three times a day or more. I can still recite the blasted thing ' and the farmer uses the potato sorter to sort the potatoes' Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
Now he is older and totally into racing motorbikes he watches the same motocross videos over and over until even I can tell you were Chad Reed is going to drop the bike or what place he will come in the race. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Study just recently says the average is about 17 times before they get fed up with a tape/dvd. I have to agree, I still know the entire script of the Care Bear Movie and my two girls are in their late teens/early twenties.
Don't panic. Remember that watching one television show with some violence content is not going to irreversibly damage your child. What matters most for young children is the cumulative effect of what he or she watches and the general viewing habits that he or she develops.
And of course, you can't always be there to control what your child is watching. By all means, tell other parents and babysitters how you feel about your child watching violent programs, but recognize that you will probably not be able to keep your child completely innocent. Your child is going to see examples of aggression, even in the playground. Teaching your child what to think about violence on TV goes hand in hand with teaching him or her what to think about violence in the real world.
2. Make rules and stick to them, but allow for some flexibility. You as a parent have the right and the responsibility to make decisions for your children. In general, parents who set rules but who leave some room for compromise have happier, more competent children than parents who let their children make their own rules or parents who are rigid and dictatorial.
3. If possible, start early in influencing your children's exposure to television. It is easier to enforce rules with younger children than with older ones, and younger children are the ones who appear to be most sensitive to the negative effects of video violence. Moreover, when good TV habits are established early, they are easier to maintain.
4. If you want to reduce the amount of violent content they are exposed to, make rules about what your children can watch rather than about how much they can watch.
Even so, you may also want to consider limiting the number of hours your children watch TV so that they have time for other activities. You can make them earn their television time by finishing their homework or chores or by playing outside for a while. You are the expert on what is reasonable for your children and you know what will fit best into your family routine.
5. Make sure you can live with the rules you set and that you are ready to enforce them. The important thing about any TV viewing agreement is how consistently you implement it. Keep it as simple as possible. A few rules are easier to remember and obey than an elaborate system that everyone ignores.
Remember that children will usually balk at making changes in their viewing habits. You have to be prepared to stick it out to convince them you are serious.
6. Make video technology your ally. You cannot watch every program with your children or preview all the shows they might want to watch. However, young children are often happy to watch their favourite videotapes over and over again; you can let them watch a tape you have already seen instead of worrying about what is on television at that specific time.
7. Make lists of programs you consider acceptable. But rather than trying to vet all possible programs to decide whether your children should be watching them, consult Jack Livesley and Frank Trotz's book The Penguin Guide to Children'sTV and Video for useful reviews of many children's shows and suggestions for appropriate selections for different age groups.
8. Consider investing in an electronic device that can limit television watching, if your children have their own TV set. Otherwise, you will find it hard to control what they watch. There are many devices that will limit TV watching when you are not there. Addie Jurs, in Becoming Unglued, describes several such gadgets of different levels of sophistication and cost. They include "The Switch," which controls electricity to the TV set through a unit with a key (available for about US $25 from P.O. Box 344, Western Springs, Illinois, U.S.A. 60558), and Super Vision, which will turn the television on and off in two specific time periods for each of four children (about US $100 from Tectrics Labs, 5256 South Mission Road, Suite 110, Bonsall, California, U.S.A. 92003).
9. Give your children attractive alternatives to TV. Enrolling them in regularly scheduled community programs or making a routine of outdoor excursions or indoor crafts will reduce the number of arguments about television and teach children how to enjoy a broader range of activities.
A Canadian study examined the changes in how families living in a small town spent their days before and after television was introduced. It found that people spent less time talking, socializing outside the home, doing household tasks, engaging in leisure activities such as reading, knitting, and writing, and being involved in community activities and sports after television became available. They even slept less (Williams and Handford, 1986). It is clear that television's impact on children arises not only from the kinds of behaviour it promotes, but also from the other activities it replaces.
10. Adapt your approach to the age of your child. With the under-fives you can set the rules without too much discussion, but with older children you will want to listen to their feelings and explain the reasons for the rules. This also gives you a chance to talk to them about your beliefs. Teaching the right values is probably just as important as controlling what your children watch in making sure that they do not grow up to be aggressive. Besides, children will go along with rules more often when they have been involved in the process of making them. As your children enter adolescence, you must allow them to make more of their own decisions in this area as in others.
11. Talk to your children about television, and get them to tell you how they see it. One of the most powerful ways of keeping children from being affected by TV violence is to get them to tell you how children can be fooled or hurt by what they see on television (Huesmann, Eron, Klein, Brice and Fischer, 1993). Some books about television's effects that you can read with your child to start the discussion are, listed in Suggested Reading on the next page.
12. Be prepared for the possibility that, for your children's sake, you may have to change your own TV viewing habits. Decide how you feel about violent content. Be aware of what you watch when your children are around and decide whether you can and should reconsider your choices. If you don't want to give up your favourite shows, you can always tape them and watch them after your children are in bed.
I'm an adult and i still watch the same movie over and over. its how that movie makes you feel, either drama or comedy or whatever. your mind wants to feel that feeling again. its really not that complicated.
I used to have near total recall, so I could remember every detail of anything that I watched. Still, if I had some favorite shows I would want to watch them again and again. That's because there is a big difference between remembering it and going through the experience of actually watching it. And you get to comment on the things you like as they happen to whomever you're with at the time.
Attention span, and they enjoy watching them over and over, they are fun to watch. My son could basically memorize the videos he watched. I still enjoy watching certain children's videos, they seem to be the best made for the majority of films.
When i was young i would watch Land Before Time over and over i would actually watch it and rewind it and play it again.......to tell you the truth i think when we are young our minds dont have much room so we forget things like we remember our 12 birthday but i think when we are young we have short term memory loss and its like we arte watching the movie for the first time over and over hahahahahahahaha.
Children take comfort in things that are predictable and/or familiar.
LOL! I totally know how you feel. When I was a little kid I would sit and watch a movie over and over and over again...like I would watch the chipmunks (lol) like 5 times over and not be bored of it! Now if I watch the same movie twice, I sometimes about die of bordom. I think the reason that younger children do that is because unlike adults, they dont always follow the story line to the movie. For them I guess its more like temporary intertainment to watch the funny animals bounce around on the screen - not follow the whole story. I dont know, but I think that really makes sense as to why!
There are few reasons. The main reason though is that each time the kid watches it they absorb and process more of it, especially if it is a show with many layers.
In his book "The Tipping Point" Malcolm Gladwell traces the creation of Sesame Street and the lessons they learned about a child's willingness to watch the same episode over and over and how this was applied by the creators of shows like "Blue Clues" and "Dora the Explorer".
Interesting, it's because they get a deeper level of understanding at each watching. There was some research done on this. It's described in the book "Tipping Point" byMalcomn Galdwell. He talks about how they research kids shows. He points to "Blue's Clues" as a good example. They actually run the same show 5 times! The clues get progressively harder throughout the program and by the end of the 5th show, the kids are solving the tough clues. Very interesting reading.
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