Viewing Violence (Persuassive Essay)

Violence on television, in movies, videogames, books, and on the internet is damaging to children. Years of research concludes that repeated exposure to high levels of violence teaches some children and adolescents to settle interpersonal difference with violence, while teaching many more to be indifferent to this solution. Under the media's tutelage, children at younger and younger ages are using violence as a first, not a last, resort to conflict. A proposed amendment to a …

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