Tv And Child Behavor

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How Does Television Violence Affect Children’s Behavior

How Does Television Violence Affect Children’s Behavior Does television promote violence and crime among children? Although most people look at television as an entertaining and educational way to spend time, some people think there is to much violence in television and that is influencing our young into becoming aggressive in nature and to tolerate violence. Now scientists have discovered that all the violence in television can in fact mold a young innocent person into becoming a monster right under our eyes, just by watching television. It might sound absurd, but think about it. It’s 5:00 p.m. you feel in the mood to relax and watch a talk show after a stressful day at work to find out the topic is "He killed my sister and I want REVENGE!!". Sounds odd but most people like the thrill of violence. Why do you think "Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Friday the 13th part VIII" were so popular?, What do you think goes through children’s mind when the bad guy is shot dead by the good guy and everyone applauds. He or She learns that its fine to hurt someone as long as they are bad, so if cousin Joey takes my toy its O.K. to hit him because his bad. This type of behavior can produce a false idea in children’s mind of how the real world deals with criminals. All major networks ABC, NBC, CBS etc. contribute to this sad but true fact. If you seriously think about it, it’s not all that uncommon to turn on the news or pick up a paper and find out somebody’s face was slashed up simply because she was pretty or somebody was shot to death because of the color of their skin. Many of the senseless violent acts have been committed all over the country. Acts of violence are committed everyday by High school and even Elementary school kids. Psychologists and Scientist have been trying to figure out what is causing these violent acts among our youths and how to stop it. Unfortunately ...