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TV Violence and Kids

I keep wondering what the world has come to these days? It often seems to me, everywhere one looks, violence rears its ugly head. I see it in the streets, in the back alleys, in the schools, and even at home on the television. The last place named I feel is a major source of violence, it appears in many peoples living rooms, family rooms, bedrooms, dens, kitchens, almost every room in the house has one, and there it sits a outlet for violence that often goes unnoticed. The television, we see it, but don’t often realize the children that view it are often pulled into its realistic world of violent scenes and sometimes with really devastating results.
The world’s most powerful teacher has been sitting in most homes across United States for nearly sixty-five years, the television can be found in 96% of the homes. Children are mesmerized by this big glowing box that sits in each room of the house and the action that takes place within it. It is definitely a major source o...

Posted by: John Mayes

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