When I was a child, my mother did not allow my brothers and me to watch television during dinner time. Instead of watching TV, we spent our dinner time talking to each other about our day at school. On the other hand, my father, who liked watching TV, said TV helped us have a good time together: for example, when we watched a baseball game on TV, we all felt strong emotion together. For my part, I support my mother's idea, and I contend that TV has destroyed communication among family and friends. Today, I will talk about my two ex-boyfriends; one did not watch TV during dates with me, and the other liked watching TV very much even when he was with me. In addition, I will talk about my parents, one did not like watching TV, and the other liked it.

My first boyfriend liked driving and seldom watched TV when he was with me. As a result, we communicated with each other very well. We had a lot of time to talk to each other about ourselves, our friends, family, jobs, anxieties, and so on. I understood that he had a few close friends, he loved his family very much, his job was a very hard one, and he was not on good terms with his boss.

On the contrary, my second boyfriend liked watching TV very much even when he was with me. We enjoyed watching TV together, but we did not have conversation to understand each other. Most of the time, we spent watching TV. As a result, I did not know if he had a lot of friends, if he had a good relationship with his family, or if he felt stress in his work. Although we spent a long time together, we did not actually get to understand each other very well. It is clear that TV deprived us of the time to talk about private matters.

Next, I will talk about my parents to show how harmful TV is to the development of a close relationship. As I said before, my mother preferred talking with her children to watching TV, so my brothers and I could talk to her at ease about everything: for example, about our friends, or our teachers in school. In contrast, my father watched TV in the morning and in the evening, and did not communicate very well with his children. My brothers and I could not talk to him with ease about our friends and our school life. As a result we were not close to each other, and we wanted a father who played with his children.

In conclusion, TV has destroyed our communication by depriving us of the time to talk about private matters. It is true that TV is attractive and provides good entertainment, but we do not need to talk each other and we are silent while watching television. If TV did not exist, we would talk more, and understand each other more deeply. We should try to spend fewer hours in watching TV, and spend more time in having conversation.