Essays on Cartoons

Cartoons seem innocent in their attempt to make children laugh. In many cases they also seek to teach a lesson. The lesson can be something as simple as the importance of sharing or being honest. It can also teach something serious like looking both ways before crossing the street. The less obvious lessons are more subtle and often more lasting in the psyche of the juvenile audience. It happens more often when the cartoons characters are human beings instead of animals or puppets. Human cartoon characters cause children of all ages to absorb significant details about race, gender and

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- Please read the following article "http://healthland.time.com/2011/09/12/do-your-kids-find-it-hard-to-focus-after-watching-spongebob-research-bears-that-out/" and answer the following questions:How does this article relate the chapter? Be specific and support with your text.This article describes a few studies of the negative effects of fast-moving cartoons on young children’s executive function or focus. These studies found a significant decline in the executive function of young children who had watched fast-paced cartoons, as compared to those who had watched educational cartoons or done drawings for the same amount of time. Based on these findings, the author concludes that fast-paced cartoons impair young children’s focus and are therefore not

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