Some parents are worried about the increasing level of violence on tv, video games and other types of entertainment for children leisure. How does this affect children? How do you think problem can be tackled?

With the increase in violent

content

in TV, video games and other entertainment sources for kids, the concern of the parents about it is

also

increasing. Exposure to violence can extremely damage the immature minds of children along with inappropriately moulding their behaviour.

This

essay will

further

elaborate on these adverse effects and

also

suggest a few solutions to

this

problem, like guidance from parents and observing and controlling harmful

content

.

Firstly

, a child’s mind is quite immature to differentiate between good and evil.

In other words

, it is to say that youngsters easily pick up and try to imitate whatever they see around them; even the violent

content

that they see in these entertainment sources appear absolutely normal to them and sometimes, even an acceptable and expected social behaviour.

For instance

, the effect of excessive use of abusive language in movies can be seen in the vocabulary used by children these days.

Hence

, exposure to increased amount of violence at an early age can make it an integral part of one’s personality.

Furthermore

, talking about the solutions there are two keys to defeat

this

problem.

Firstly

, parents should always guide and advise kids about the

content

of media and video games

,

Accept space

,

helping them to discriminate between vice and virtue. For an illustration, at a very early age, children should be made to recognize good and evil characters in cartoon movies.

Secondly

, parents should supervise and restrict or forbid their kids from viewing highly violent

content

in any form of entertainment. For reference, parents can put a lock on movies, having blood shed by using a setting of the TV.

Thus

parental guidance, advice and control are vital to deal with the problem at hand. In conclusion, today's teenagers have unlimited access to media and games showcasing disturbance which can adversely affect a child’s behaviour;

however

, parental control and advice can be helpful to protect the kids from these hazardous effects.