First of all, children who like watching television very much spend less time having conversation with their families. Today, it isn’t unusual for children to have their own television in their rooms. Of course, although there may be [a] television in the dining room{a tv in the living room is more common} too, [the] TV program parents want to watch is[are] often different from what children want to watch,{semicolon} for instantce a father likes a baseball game but his son wants to watch a basketball game. Therefore, children go to their rooms and turn [their] television on and change the channels. Children enjoy TV programs that they are interested in rather than conversation with family member[s ].