Cartoons' Impact on Children: Psychological Implications

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[...] There are two types of cartoons, violent and non-violent of children watch both types of cartoons. Subsequently of children ignore what parents say when they watch their cartoons and 45% become violent when parents turn off the television or ask them to do another task.'9. III. Analysis of the Characteristics of the Most Impactful Cartoons and Parental Recommendations A. Characteristics to Favor in the Context of Cartoons Claude Allard also highlighted in his book 'The Child in the Century of Images' the characteristics to look for in cartoons to watch. [...]

[...] B. Impacts on the executive and cognitive functions of the child Additionally, the impacts also concern the executive and cognitive functions of the child. American child psychologists Angeline S. Liliard and Jennifer Peterson conducted a study titled 'The Immediate Impact of Different Types of Television on the Executive Function of Young Children' published in 2011. The purpose of this research was to study whether a fast-paced television show immediately influences the executive functions of preschool children (e.g., self-regulation, working memory). [...]

[...] For Allard, this can even go further, for some children, who can perform a psychological transfer to the cartoon. The transfer is defined by Freudian psychoanalysis as the process by which unconscious feelings or desires towards the first objects invested by the child (often their parents) resurface by referring to another person. In the case of cartoons, children may seek refuge or an outlet in watching violent images in response to experienced violence. This is problematic for him, in the sense that the cartoon no longer represents only a lived experience, but the revival of traumas, and which can also awaken or revive violence in the child, particularly aggression6. [...]

[...] For him, Pingu can meet the needs of the child to develop interactions. In Pingu, he explains that the interactions represented are similar to those that the very young child must experience at this age: « Animated series - like Pingu - that address the youngest generally take into account this relational dimension. Through the parental link, they show behaviors and emotional states, reflections of the family environment. The brief dialogue that accompanies the images may seem simplistic to parents. However, very close to the verbalizations of the little ones, it favors identification with the characters. [...]

[...] Analysis of the psychological implications of exposure of the young child to animated cartoons 2 A. A projective and narcissistic identification 2 B. The animated film and the violence of images 3 C. An alteration of the child's safety space 4 II. Analysis of multiple impacts on child development 5 A. Impacts of the child's psycho-affective development 5 B. Impacts on the executive and cognitive functions of the child 6 C. Impacts on behavior 6 III. Analysis of the characteristics of the most impactful animated films and parental recommendations 7 A. [...]