TV and Violence

Television: The Digital Mentor "A nursery school teacher told me her children were crudely bopping each other much more than previously, without provocation. When she discussed it with them, they protested 'But that's what the Three Stooges do.' This incident did not signify a serious undermining of character, but it certainly showed me that watching violence can affect a children's standards of behavior. Recent psychological experiments have shown that watching brutality stimulates at least …

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