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TV VIOLENCE AND CHILDREN

What has the world come to these days? It seems that every time we turn our head, every where we look, we see violence and its negative effects. We see it in the streets, school, and even at home. The last of these is a major source of violence. In many peoples' living rooms there sits a means for violence that often ignored. It is the television, and the children who view it are often pulled into its realistic world of violence scenes with sometimes devastating results.

The studies have been carried out and all the results point to one conclusion: Television violence causes children to be violent and the effects can be life-long. The information can't be ignored. Violent television viewing does affect children. The effects have been seen in a number of cases. For example in Alabama, a nine-year-old boy received a bad report card from his teacher. He suggested sending the teacher poisoned candy as revenge as he had seen on television the night before.

Television violence can destroy a young child's mind. The effects of this violence can be long-lasting, if not never-ending. For some, television at its worst is when the scenes linger on a child's mind, it influences the train of thoughts; violence is good, I want to be a killer too! Many also see television as a harmful interruption into a child's learning process. Most children will find it relatively simple to just lie in a couch with a bag of snacks and watch their favorite shows than go to school and listen to teachers. As you can see, television violence can disrupt a child's learning and thinking ability which will cause life long problems.

In another twist, the children finds it enjoyable to impersonate violent characters seen on the TV. This has been widely seen with the coming of popular kids shows like the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. Young children cannot