Harmful Effects of TV-14 Shows on Children and Adolescents

Screen time has various harms on children, but do you know that TV-14 screen time can even be more harmful. TV-14 is a content rating assigned by the TV Parental Guidelines.

TV-14 shows can harm children and adolescents in many ways, TV-14 can cause anxiety, depression, night terrors or nightmares, fear, low body image, and even harm cognitive development due to the explicit content often in those shows. It can also harm your child’s eating habits. Some shows rated TV-14 can increase the risk of suicide due to the themes.

This is because these shows often contain sexual content, mental health conditions, violence, horror substance use, blood, and even suicide or topics about suicide, which can be harmful to children and adolescents.

Children and adolescents should avoid watching TV-14 shows to reduce these dangers.

Instead of exposing children to TV-14 content, promote:

Healthy screen time.

Non-screen activities.

Outdoor play.

Setting boundaries around screen time.

Reading.

Toys.

Plush toys.

Picture books.

Childhood activities (such as going to a playground), even teenagers can go to the playground!

Children need healthy screen time and non-screen activities. Avoid harmful screen time, including TV-14 show exposure.

Let our children be children and stop exposing them to harmful television!