Too much Movies, Television and even Newspapers exaggerate crime waves and terroristic acts to hype up sales potential! They do it with weather also.
Children are exposed to evil effects of advertising. They may believe only certain traits are beautiful or be exposed to violence or adult themes as a result.
Marlies Sudermann has written: 'A handbook for health and social service providers and educators on children exposed to woman abuse/family violence' -- subject(s): Social work with children, Services for, Marital violence, Children of abused wives, Children and violence
Children are like sponges and are always observing their environment, often to a greater degree than their parents and guardians realise. They pick things up from real-life and creative life, e.g books and television. Children have little or no sense of right and wrong and so if they are exposed to violent tv programs they just register that violence as being part of life, not necessarily that it is wrong. It's the same with real violence in their lives. It has been shown again and again that children who end up in trouble for violence themselves have usually been exposed to real life violence and/or have watched violent films. To them, the violence is a normal behaviour because they were too young to know any better when they were first exposed to it.
The environment in which a child grows in will affect his cognitive development. When children are too exposed to violence and strife at an early age, they tend to think that violence is the only way to solve certain problems.
Because Shakespeare's plays are all full of sex, violence, insanity, the occult and dirty jokes. Little children shouldn't be exposed to that sort of thing. It's much too entertaining.
Ed Cairns has written: 'Children and political violence' -- subject(s): Child psychology, Children and violence, Children and war, Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects of Violence, Violence 'Welling Up of Deep Unconscious Forces'
Morley D Glicken has written: 'Violent young children' -- subject(s): Violence in children, Children and violence, Conduct disorders in children
One of the problems today is that children are exposed to sexual content, violence in movies and on TV and allowed access to internet sites that have mature content. It is the parents job to control and discuss with children the things they are experiencing. I don't think it is so much "society " encourages children to grow up too quickly, but the lack of parental direction concerning how children dress, what they see, where they go, and what they do. I have had children in my 5th grade whose parents watched porn with them.
Many children are confronted by violence at their home,their school,and even their neighborhood.
It is estimated that 3.2 million American children witness incidents of domestic violence annually. Children who witness violence in the home and children who are abused may display many similar psychologic effects
Many cable providers offer a child lock feature for television channels. There is also such features with services such as Netflix, which now offers a Netflix Kids section.
Impact of TV violence on children's behavior Strategies for parents to limit children's exposure to violent TV content Effects of violent TV shows on children's emotional development Intervention programs to reduce aggressive behavior in children due to TV violence