On average, 98 percent of U.S. households have at least one television, and four hours per day is spent watching TV. (Facts and Figures) I am sure many people have or know someone who has more than one television set in their home. Many of us have a television in our living room and one in the bedroom also. As a child, the television in the living room was for my brothers,

Mary Davis, of Lexington, has a four-year-old son named Max. Max, like many other young boys in his age group, viewed “The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” on a regular basis. Mary began to notice a change in her son’s behavior. He played more aggressively with other children his age. “Max and his friends would be playing make-believe and they would get carried away. Someone would always get hurt in the end,” Davis said. (Davis)

Children under the age of eight cannot separate fact from fiction: That is why they believe in the Tooth Fairy, and worry about monsters under their beds. (White) It is this reason that children cannot differentiate between real-world aggressions and pretend aggressions. Aggression is part of human nature, whereas, violence is a learned behavior. (White) Parents need to accept responsibility and talk to their kids. Violence can be unlearned just as easy as it is learned—especially for younger children.

sister, and I to watch. My parents would leave us unsupervised and watch TV in their bedroom. Children between the ages of two and seven spend almost twenty hours per week watching TV unsupervised. (Facts and Figures) Ninety-one percent of children over the age of seven spend their television time without their parents. (Facts and Figures) This leaves children to be exposed to sexual content, violence, profanities, and other adult situations.

Television censorship is getting more and more lenient. Exposure to adult themes such as violence is almost inevitable. Talking to childre

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