“Children should not be prevented from watching violence on television and in the movies.” I strongly disagree with this statement. Studies have proven that violence has very serious effects on the psychological and physical behaviour of children, especially between the ages of one and ten years old.
Violence on television leads to aggressive behaviour in children. Violent characters are portrayed as heroes and children look up to and admire them. Children then want to be like their role models and start to act in violent ways because they see nothing wrong with it. They fight with playmates and siblings, argue and disobey rules. This then becomes more se