Television has penetrated almost all fields of human life and become an indispensable part of it since its advent. Television entices us by combining action, sound, color and light. The fact that it addresses several senses at a time increases the effect it produces. As the youngest individuals in a society, children are also considerably influenced by TV, which is the most widespread and effective component of the mass media. It is observed that children’s level of being influenced by TV shows variation according to their age, development, family and environmental factors as well as the content of the programs they watch. The effects of TV can be categorized as the ‘positive effects’ and the ‘negative effects’. In this article, the effects of TV over the socialization, psychology, eating habits of children along with their intellectual, emotional and physical development have been analyzed. Besides the violence towards children along with the other negative events in Turkey and their reflections on TV as well as the broadcasting of the news disregarding the Principles of Press Ethics produce pernicious effects on children. Presentation of the news to the audience through the concepts of violence, blood, fights; wars etc. by disregarding the fact that they can be watched by children as well causes the emergence of negative concepts in children’s minds. In this article, it is stressed that in order to protect the function and importance of TV as a significant element of mass media, there should be educative programs along with the productions of good quality for children on TV.