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No Go Power Ranger
Renata C. Martin
Columbia College
Can and does television influence children to do bad things? The answer is yes, depending on what programs they are watching and what the content of that program is. Children’s brains are like sponges at young ages they are able to absorb everything they hear and or see, including things that are said by parents no matter how minor the incident and or non-influential. Television can do several things when it comes to the mind of a child. It can create ideas that the child is invincible and that unacceptable behaviors are okay. Television gives children a false green light for go that can sometimes lead to destructive behavior and or circumstances and sometimes even death. Have you as a parent ever wondered how much television could actually affect your child or children? Did you know that the average child watches 2 hours of television per week and that most of the shows that are aired are filled with some type of violent or sexual image? Saturday morning cartoon or shows should or could be viewed as the worse. Every hour there is approximately 20-25 violent acts shown on shows like Ben 10, Power Rangers, and the Incredible Spider-Man (A.A.P, 2001). As television grown rich on violence, we as a nation are threatened by the loss of our children’s self-esteem, increase of crime and aggressive behavior from our children. Daniel Boorstein, Liberian of US congress said “that television has the power to conjure up a self created reality that can mode public values and influence behavior” (A.A.P, 2001). Parents need to realize that a permanent impression is made on the young innocent minds of our children at an age so young that majority of them are not at the stage of reading let alone speaking. Even teachers have noticed that there is a difference between children that watch television and those that don’t watch television. “The ones
No Go Power Ranger
Renata C. Martin
Columbia College
Can and does television influence children to do bad things? The answer is yes, depending on what programs they are watching and what the content of that program is. Children’s brains are like sponges at young ages they are able to absorb everything they hear and or see, including things that are said by parents no matter how minor the incident and or non-influential. Television can do several things when it comes to the mind of a child. It can create ideas that the child is invincible and that unacceptable behaviors are okay. Television gives children a false green light for go that can sometimes lead to destructive behavior and or circumstances and sometimes even death. Have you as a parent ever wondered how much television could actually affect your child or children? Did you know that the average child watches 2 hours of television per week and that most of the shows that are aired are filled with some type of violent or sexual image? Saturday morning cartoon or shows should or could be viewed as the worse. Every hour there is approximately 20-25 violent acts shown on shows like Ben 10, Power Rangers, and the Incredible Spider-Man (A.A.P, 2001). As television grown rich on violence, we as a nation are threatened by the loss of our children’s self-esteem, increase of crime and aggressive behavior from our children. Daniel Boorstein, Liberian of US congress said “that television has the power to conjure up a self created reality that can mode public values and influence behavior” (A.A.P, 2001). Parents need to realize that a permanent impression is made on the young innocent minds of our children at an age so young that majority of them are not at the stage of reading let alone speaking. Even teachers have noticed that there is a difference between children that watch television and those that don’t watch television. “The ones
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