Those kinds of shows that lead to children thinking that they can do anything can cause harm to some children. ... Children who see this act of violence can sometimes think its ok to do what other children have initiated on television. Not only violence can lead to negative actions as kids, watching sex at an early age may influence one to engage in sex at an early age. ... Television is not the only source to blame; actions that are seen around the household can lead to bad influences. ... In conclusion, even though television may have a bad effect on children, it can also have a positive ...

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Harry Potter is a character in a children's book written by J.K. ... They say that Harry Potter is a bad influence to children. They say it leads children in the wrong direction, they say that the books tell children that it's OK to disregard authority. ... Home where these same children will be exposed to violence and inappropriate material on television. ... Hope that in the future, our children and our children's children will embrace well-worn copies of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The Hobbit, Watership Down, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and, Harry Pot...

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The Simpsons are made up of a set of parents and three children. ... In Home Improvement all the children go off to college and the parents grow older. ... One down fall to the television series is that a lot of people think that The Simpsons are a bad influence and is not intended for all viewers. They might be a bad influence, but they do tell the truths of society. ... Then, after a very bad science experiment, Bart reveals to his new principal that he cheated on the test. ...

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However, according to CPCS, the main reasons are "due to family violence, peer influence, economic factor and family disintegration" (2016, section 4). Solutions to the problem of street children can be carried out through the local level to the national and international level by looking for a family who is willing to adopt them, schools which can provide them free education or influence them to return back to their family. ... Furthermore, children are the wealth of the nation. ... Children are the future of the nation. ... Nevertheless, children are the future of the nation, if we...

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Also, cartoons, which appeal mainly to young children, may use large amounts of violence in order to keep children's interest. ... Teens may be have the ability to recognize TV violence as being fictitious but younger children lack this ability and are easily influenced by the violence that they see. ... This long-existing bad habit has been a major contribution to the amount overweight and obese children in America. ... In conclusion, although television can be both entertaining and educational, it can also teach children and teens bad habits that stay with them their whole lives. ... ...

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These issues can directly effect their family, as well as the society they live in as these children mature and become adolescents, then finally a new adult generation, and as the systems theory suggests, the members all influence each other in their acquired actions and behaviours over time in a relatively stable manner over time. ... Therefore, if not used responsibly, television has the potential to be a detrimental influence on the growth and development of children, which can negatively affect the individual, family and society as a whole... The fact that television can have such a negati...

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High School Athletics: Good or Bad Influence? High School Athletics: Good or Bad Imfluence? ... This influence may seem good at the time but later turns into a bad influence, which could end in the student dropping out of school. ... When children reach the age where they decide they want to get involved in sports it starts out pure. ... Children have no pressure to make the team or to win every game; they play to have fun not to win. ...

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Television's impact on children Hundreds of arguments can be made on the topic that television is playing good or bad role in the society. ... Violence, along with sexual content, more than anything else represents television's bad influence on children. ... So I think I might be one of those children on which television has had positive influence. ... However, information that we get from different sources about bad examples of television's impact on children cannot be ignored. ... Therefore everyone, especially parents, should be aware of this bad in...

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Influence of the Media In today's society parents are not held responsible for raising their children. ... Parents have a lot more influence on their children than the media. ... I believe if you raise a child in this way, then the media won't influence them. ... The media's job in this matter is to inform the parents as to which shows are good or bad for their children to watch. ... I think that the influence of education and parenting is what matters most. ...

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Good and bad points always accompany any man-made invention. ... Television causes violence in children. ... Children mimic what they see. ... Now the question is how TV violence affects children. ... If he can learn at an early age that violence on television is bad, then he can turn the set off for himself when he is older. ...

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Parents and Children "Shut-up", "Get out of my face", "I am too busy". Ask yourself, "Are these words that come from the mouths of children or parents?" ... Parents should first of all try to remember each and every day why they decided to have children and how blessed they are to have them. ... Children are not the ones to blame for their bad attitudes, bad habits or bad marks, the parents are. Sometimes also the peers leave bad influence, but still I would like to write only about parents and children relationship. ...

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Parents: Good or Bad? ... These parents talk to their children about good and bad things, so in case problems arise they?... Parents who don't care about their children at all are bad for them. ... ll start feeling bad about having these parents. ... Parents who don't care are bad influence on teenagers because young adults have no one to talk to when they are having a problem except their friends, who just might be the wrong people. ...

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Surely not only Mark Leyner is influenced by TV, but also everyone. ... The influence is so huge that it changes the personality. Especially children get immense problems in school. ... Because of that the PISA-studies were so bad in Germany. ... Because children look more and more TV they get also eye problems. ...

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Television influences behaviors, social attitudes and physical health especially in children. ... There are a variety of influences that children gain from watching too much of television. ... Take the Mighty Morphine Power Rangers, for example the "helmeted lyrca covered Rangers" acts as a bad influence on children. ... These are influences that children take very seriously considering that most children want to be the "popular" one in school. ... I don't think people should get influenced by watching violent and aggressive actions on T.V. ...

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The environment a child grows up in can influence the way they view the world. ... In the book The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros Esperanza is forced to grow up in a bad environment. ... A parent has the most influence over a child than any other person in their life. ... When a child grows up in a bad environment they don't leave their house much. ... Esperanza's bad environment does not allow her to experience a better life. ...

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The Influence of Rap Music Rap music has many negative influences in our culture and society today. ... The criterion to bad rap music is explicit lyrics and negative influences on the youth today. ... This line influences fans of Cypress Hill to smoke marijuana. ... According to the Children's Defense Fund, Rap music is one of the main factors that have lead to the death of ten children and teens everyday. ... This is teaching the children of today that this is how you deal with conflict. ...

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She had so many character flaws that it would be impossible for her to be a good influence for Conrad. ... This goes to show that qualities, good or bad, parents possess will make a difference in their children's lives. This is why it is important for parents to try to make themselves the best they can be, if not for themselves, for their children. ... Parents should also be able to provide enough for their dependant children. It is also impossible to get a good parent out of a bad person. ...

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Secondly, some shows are extremely violent and can influence a child to imitate the violence he or she has seen on television. ... In WWE, there are good guys and there are bad guys. The good guys of wrestling become role models for children. ... I am not saying that wrestling and wrestlers are bad, in fact, I give credit to the WWE organization for having warnings before, during, and after their television program. ... Parents must realize that they are the primary influence in their children's lives and they are responsible for their elementary school children's actions and belie...

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Locke and Newcomb (2004) state that, "Adverse childhood experiences influence later drug use. Individuals maltreated as children often report subsequent drug use. ... Locke and Newcomb (2004), add that "Overall, it appears that drug-using parents are more likely to lead unconventional lifestyles and endorse nonconventional values, and these values influence their role and functioning as parents. ... Many problems have been identified with adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs). ... Indeed, the bad effects of alcoholic parents became apparent long before adulthood, as examined by Berkowitz ...

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By regulating the content a child sees on the Internet we can avoid the risks of children being cyber- bullied, influenced by negative role models, and prevent connections that can cause harm to a child's privacy. ... Raj Samani, online safety expert at McAfee, the company that jointly commissioned the survey, said, "as a father myself, it's worrying that parents are unknowingly enabling their children's bad behavior online. ... In Peter Bower's "Growing up in an online world: The impact of the Internet on children and young people: the Internet is helping to sh...

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The first major effect for increased intolerance of children exhibiting "bad behavior" may deal with the social aspect of the child and their community. ... As children, you may injure someone with your hand or toy. ... It could be believed that intolerance of children displaying "bad behaviors" has increased due to the amount of violent tragedies our world has faced recently. ... Children are easily influenced and often times imitate exactly what they see others doing. ... These reasons include the physical aspect of harming someone else, the social aspect of influencing ...

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"The media influence undermines children's abilities to select priorities and choose alternatives to violence". ... The influence of television violence is a real problem, especially for children. ... Another reason they give for violence not being so bad is that the "bad guy" is always punished for his violent behavior. ... They are taking a normal human trait, aggression, and presenting it to the children in such a bad light over and over that it is "brutally corrupting them". ... "It should be up to adults and, parents especially, to direct the influences to which our children are ...

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As a proverb says, "a burnt child dreads the fire," which means bad experiences make people think more and try to rationalize mistakes they have made. Students should understand that they can learn from their mistakes and nothing is bad if they make a mistake once. ... For example, if a father is an accountant, he might influence his son's decision to choose a major related to accounting because he is a successful accountant. ... Some parents do not have enough time to spend with children. ... This lack of attention or care causes children to feel frustrated. ...

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Imagine a world in which all individuals could decipher right from wrong and good from bad. ... Often, children tend to develop role models and learn from what they see and hear. ... Not to put blame on the artist solely for the murders, but his words and images must be considered as an influence on the teens. ... This paper is not to say that music should be outlawed, but rather that we as citizens need to become more aware of what influences children. ... Either way, something must be done in order to protect the children from the influences of radical music in their everyday lives....

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Celebrity Influence "People say that I"m a bad influence, I say the world's already f*cked, I"m just adding to it! ... This song entitled Bad Influence is mocking the media and the claim that his lyrics and image can change the way the youth of America acts, thinks, and lives. ... At the same time, celebrities such as Eminem are counter-attacking this argument with claims that celebrities can not alone influence a child to that extent and that these types of incidences only occur when parents are out of touch and distant from their children. ... See I'm influenced by the ghett...

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