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Violence on television affects children negatively, according to psychological research. The three major effects of seeing violence on television are: * Children may become less sensitive to the pain and suffering of others. * Children may be more fearful of the world around them. * Children may be more likely to behave in aggressive ways toward others Imitation is a high human element, especially among the young. Just one publicised school shooting, in my view, leads to imitation. FACT: The average American child will have watched 100,000 acts of televised violence, including 8000 depictions of murder, by the time he or she finishes sixth grade (approximately 13 years old). We live in an era where both parents are often working and children have more unsupervised time. It is essential that you make time for children and regularly inform yourself of their day to day experiences, including while they are at school if they attend school. If you think wall to wall violence on TV has no effect, why would you imagine that one-minute adverts in the breaks do have an effect?
