With all that shocking, ghastly junk.”

Television has been around for over a half century. The first appearance of TV in the United States occurred at a World's Fair in 1939, but regular television broadcasting did not begin until the late 1940s. Still, concern about the impact of television on children began when TV was in its infancy. By the early 1950s, parents, teachers and social scientists started to ask their legislators to "do something" about the amount of violence on TV. Later, beginning in the mid 1950’s, cultural and social concerns began to arise regarding the over-use of television “as a babysitter” and it’s detrimental effects on the development and behaviour of children. Today, There are more television sets in North America than there are toilets, according to Brad Bushman, associate professor of psychology at Iowa State University. Frighteningly, children are less likely to live in a home with just one television than in a house with five or more, and the number of television sets, and concerns for children are rising steadily. Recent studies show that the average child in North America spe

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