Children and TV Violence Violence on television does lead to aggressive behavior. Saturday morning cartoons is some of the most violent time on TV. Despite slight variations over the past decade, the amount of violence on television has remained at consistently high levels. Why is it that like the tobacco companies twenty years ago, the present day television broadcasting companies refuse to consent that violent films and programming can and do have harmful effects on …
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…to limit the child's intake of such harmful sweets, the child is protected from their damage. So it is with violence on television. Because the networks refuse to act as the parent and to limit the amount of violence shown on television, there are no restrictions to prevent televison's violent candy from rotting away at the teeth of society. The responsibility rests with the parent to limit the intake and protect the child. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**