Advantages = 1) Learning (with certain programmes).
2) Lazy mothers can just sit a child in front of a TV and not have to bother taking them for a walk etc 3) Keeping them off the streets.
Disadvantages = 1) Picking up bad habits/language from watching the wrong sort of programmes unsupervised.
2) Hurting their eyesight by sitting too close/wrong lighting. 3) Becoming a couch potato 4) Lack of exercise and eating snacks whilst watching 5) Using up more electricity than normal 6) They don't want to move and help out