Violence on television has a negative impact on children’s behaviour. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

These days almost every house contains a TV set and it is reasonable to assume that box programs impact the

behaviour

of the young and impressionable. It is my belief that disturbance on TV set leads to violent

behaviour

for some children and fearful and withdrawn

behaviour

for others. Watching violent programs leads some children to

copy

violent

behaviour

. Many programs contain extremely realistic scenes of

violence

and it has been shown that children who watch these types of programs may think

violence

is normal.

For example

, if a child watches a scene depicting violent bullying occurring in a school, he/she may think it is acceptable and so

copy

the

behaviour

.

Additionally

, after watching violent

television

, many children exhibit higher levels of aggression, which can result in injuries or emotional problems.

For instance

, recently in the news there was the story of a child who broke his playmate’s back by replicating dangerous fighting moves that he had seen on

television

earlier that day.

Furthermore

, if children witness

television

violence

they may become withdrawn and afraid of others. It has been shown that while older children may

copy

violent

behaviour

, toddlers are more likely to become anxious, impacting their

behaviour

.

Such

children may refuse to go outside for fear of

violence

, which could affect their social development as they will be less likely to mix with other children and learn social skills. In conclusion, TV

violence

clearly affects the

behaviour

of children negatively. While older children may become normalized to violent

behaviour

or even

copy

it, younger ones may become anxious and display fearful

behaviour

. Parents should carefully consider what they allow their children to watch on

television

and should not let children watch

television

unattended.