Is it really?? Does allowing your child to watch TV make you a bad parent?......Well I guess I'll see y 'all in parent hell than! Recently I received an email about the harmful effects of letting kids soak up the tube, and as you may have guessed I was a tad disgruntled. The email was posted by Marie Amos, MA, RCC, a Mental Health Therapist with Child and Youth Mental Health of MCFD, Chilliwack. It made some profound statements, such as "early exposure to television has been linked to increases in aggression, as well as reduced empathy for victims of ...