Essay On Desensitization

I will never forget the day my son was born, October 26, 1995. That day all the concerns that I had for my future were transformed in an instant into concerns for his future. Being a parent changes something within us. The small bubble of personal concern that we hold onto so desperately before turns into a never-ending stream of anxiety and worry for the sake of our children. This reflects the deep love that we have for them and the hope we hold onto for their future. Sometimes as a parent that hope gets heavy, and you feel like the whole world is against you. Presently, our children are growing up in the information age. The media is at their fingertips. Everywhere you look, with every press of the remote or the click of a mouse, there is an ever-increasing
I, also, believe that desensitization because of overexposure to violence in the media could possibly have been a contributing factor in his decision to dye his hair red like the Joker and go on a shooting rampage. This type of desensitization could have even made his decision to kill seem all the more plausible for him, and the continual overexposure to violent social experiences, like the ones we see in the movies, could have helped to form his deviant personality. We will never know for sure, but it does make me stop and wonder. When I read articles like “Violent Media is Good for Kids” by Gerard Jones, I have mixed feelings. I reflect on my youth and how comic books and cartoons were an outlet for me, and I would never want to deprive my son of the violent and scary adventures that I found in them. These experiences helped me to grow up. I believe that these personal experiences somewhat validate Jones’s point that violence in the media can be a safe emotional outlet for children some of the time. However, with that said, I still believe that there is more to the