Violence and Children

I chose to write an essay on violence because, I believe that violence plays a huge part in our world today. The Effects of Television and video game Violence has on Children. What has the world come to these days? It often seems like everywhere we look; violence rears its ugly head. We see it in the streets, back alleys, school, television and video games and even at home. The last of these is a major source of violence. In many of our living rooms there sits an outlet for violence that often goes unnoticed. It is the television, and the children who view it.

Often pulled into its realistic world of violence scenes with sometimes devastating results. Much research has gone into showing why children are so mesmerized by this big glowing box and the action that takes place within it. Research shows that it is definitely a major source of violent behavior in children. The research proves time and time again that aggression and television viewing do go hand in hand. The truth about television violence and children has been shown. Parents are trying to fight this ongoing problem with our children. Others just ignore it and in hopes it will go away, others don’t even care.

However, you can’t deny the facts. The studies have been carried out and all the results point to one conclusion: Television and video game violence causes children to be violent and the effects can be life-long. The information can’t be ignored. Violent television and video game viewing does affect children. The effects have been seen in a number of cases. Example: In New York, a 16-year-old

Boy broke into a cellar. When the police caught him and asked him why he was wearing gloves he replied that he had learned to do so it doesn’t leave fingerprints and that he saw this on television. Another 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.