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Part Two: Raising Children or holidays, to help with their own educational fund. While we are encouraging our child to save money, also encourage them to have friends who spend their money wisely, and who know the value of saving. They will have a good influence on one another. Entertainment: One of the major concerns facing parents today is not having enough time to spend with their children. So much time is spent every day earning a living to support the family. Where is the time for our kids? If this is happening to our family, we may somehow improperly rationalize that sometimes the best solution is to allow our children to spend more time watching television. In other words, we may say: "There's nothing wrong with letting the television baby-sit the children. This solution is, of course, unstable and risky. The consequence of this decision may leave us distressed if we see negative changes in our children's behavior. Children may become more aggressive, offensive and perverse while using more profanity, but these adverse changes in their behavior should not leave us dumbfounded as to the root cause. This behavior stems from letting them watch inappropriate television programs when they are not yet mature enough to discern right from wrong, good from bad, and appropriate from inappropriate. But sometimes, if we let them watch too much TV, it is already too late. Children often absorb bad behavior they see on TV and adopt it as their own - - like mimes or copy-cats. We end up miserable when we realize that all of our hard work earning money for the well-being and happiness our family has been negated with the negative influences of TV and movies. Family Day By Day 68 Economics, Entertainment and the Internet