First, these days’ children play often video games with a high potential of violence. In these games they fight their enemies with physical violence or armed force. When they kill their enemy they get rewarded and reach the next level in the game, but these games don’t teach the children the …show more content…
Children spend a lot of time in front of the TV or computer, they see their superhero’s using violence and for that their idols earn a lot of respect. The idea, that it is cool to use violence against people is very dangerous. For example, on social media you can watch videos where young people film each other, while they are getting in fist fights with friends, or while they attack innocent people. These kind of videos get a lot of admiration from other young people.
I think it is very important that people don’t underestimate the influence that violence media has on children or adolescent. This kind of violence effects children’s behavior. Children get used to it and children can associate violence with fun. For all those reasons it is important that parents have an eye on what their children watch on TV, or what kind of video games they play and for how