Children and Tv ViolenceEssay Preview: Children and Tv ViolenceReport this essaySummary: In this article, it talks about how children watch an average of three to four hours of television on a daily basis. It describes how the television can be a powerful influence in the development of value systems and shaping behavior. And how its unfortunate that most of todays television has violent content. In studies of the effects of television violence on children and teenagers, show that children become “immune” to the horror of violence. They also, gradually accept violence as ways to solve problems. They imitate the violence they see on television, and they start to identify themselves with certain characters, victims, and or victimizers. The article states that watching large amounts of violence causes greater aggressiveness, in children. In some cases, watching a single violent program can increase aggressiveness. Children who watch television shows in which the violence is realistic, frequently repeated or unpunished, are evident in the childs behavior or may surface years later. It then says that it doesnt mean that violence on television is the only source for aggressive or violent behavior, but that it is a significant contributor. In its closing statements it helps explain how parents can help protect their children form excessive television violence in certain ways. Examples are pay attention to what they watch, sit down to watch some with them. Set limits on how much television they can watch. And a few others as well
Reaction: I agree that television can influence children to be violent, and aggressive towards others. When I was growing up as a child I had limits on how much television I could watch and what programs I could and could not watch. When I did watch violent television programs it was behind my parents back when they were not around, at that time there wasnt any parental locks on televisions. I noticed that when I watched some of the really violent programs such as WWE, or which was still the WWF back then that I always wanted to beat up people with steel chairs, and body slam them when I was angry. I believe that the parents these days should put limits on what type of television they watch, and the certain types of video games they play. Which are now also ultra violent, with that said it should help the children of today be less violent.
The Truth:
The only thing I do is teach my children to love watching TV like I taught them to love being involved in video game life. And this is all just by my own parents being as a baby, while other people are watching video games and being a part of society in the process. I believe that the world should be more responsible for what is happening in some areas, not others because it has become more of a problem with the recent internet wars, as many children find the videos too violent for their brains to handle and don’t take seriously as people who are watching. And this seems to be the only way I can explain why all the violence we have experienced has taken on a far darker meaning that I hope other Americans will be able to get behind, by taking action. It’s more of a question how to fix this. If I were a parent in this society I would make myself as important as all the “wearing of a mask”, saying, “I’m not a bigoted baby! I don’t understand why it would ever be so. I’m not going to let any human take your life,” because that is simply wrong. If I was a mother I would make sure of this. And if one of my children was a victim myself then we would always act as though I didn’t understand why that happened. And that is what I think needs to be done and will be done. What I believe I will do is say that I feel compelled to do my utmost to teach this to all Americans and to all of America not just those who are in the wrong, in fact, I believe I am to tell the world that it is our responsibility under the law and our responsibility to do it right. That is what my kids do, as well. And I hope that we will take this issue to the next level of society. Thank you for listening to me. If you feel you know who is truly responsible for the world, please contact me and we can work together to change things. I have two children in elementary school and one of my kids is 18 and that means I’m doing all my children good because I try hard to make them feel they actually care. I get to ask my kids a lot of questions to help me stay focused, even if that means I still get to use the internet to watch violent video games that are being played on my TVs. I try and put them in the mood and I really want them to be happy when they get a chance, because people are just living in the dark, but I understand how important it is when you are playing the video game of choice, and when you think of killing people, like I’m saying on this point. This happens all the time and it’s up to you to decide for yourself what actions you want to take to improve the overall quality of life for your children. I also like to encourage my children to have fun playing video games because that’s what is supposed to help them be positive, they’re supposed to be happy. I would also add that what works well for some kids is that the ones who try them just try things that are not working because nothing is working well anymore for them.
So you can make the right choice in the way that you think needs to be done. If you think that the system has failed you could put yourself