The Negative Effects Of Television Violence On Children

When children are taught tie their shoes, it is because their parents taught them. When children are taught to ride their bikes, it is because someone showed them. In many instances, children learn by watching and observing things they see others do. This leads me and many other people to believe that violent television in terms makes children more aggressive. I will look at how children become more aggressive by looking into the statics of televisions in households, how much violence is actually showed on television, the effects of the violence, and solutions to this problem.

In most cases, before children begin school they are already plugged into the world by television. In majority households there are televisions which are at the dispense

"Aggression is usually defined by behavioral scientists as behavior that is intended to harm another person. Common forms of aggression are physical (for example, punching), verbal (for example, saying or writing hurtful things to another person), and relational (for example, intentionally and publicly not inviting someone to a party to harm his social relationships).

"Hundreds of studies of the effects of TV violence on children and teenagers have found that children may: become "immune" or numb to the horror of violence, begin to accept violence as a way to solve problems, imitate the violence they observe on television; and identify with certain characters, victims and/or victimizers"

In recent years, psychology experts have done experiments that have tested the aggression that comes from violent television. Kids who view violent acts on TV are more likely to show aggressive behavior, and to fear that the world is scary and that something bad will happen to

is television, children ultimately have the short end of the stick. Television depicts violence

Why do we see so much violence?

Children who are exposed to violence become desensitized. The are tend either participate or accept violent acts. They are tolerant

The question is what can parents do to prevent this from becoming the new norm. Although parents are unable to stop violence from being played on television, they can pay more attention to the programs that their children watch and also watch television with the child. When scenes of violence are shown, immediately tell the child that this type of behavior is inappropriate and can cause mental or physical damage to someone. By setting a time limit on the amount of television children can watch per week would help decrease the amount of aggression we see in children. As a child, I was made to spend time outside playing and engaging in physical activity, this would be a solution and help children become less dependent of