... by the time that they are two or three years old (Murray, 1997). The amount of time that American children spend watching TV is remarkable, an average of four hours a day, 28 hours a week, 2,400 hours a year, nearly 18,000 hours by the time they graduate from high school ( ... of TV violence may be immediately evident in the child's behavior or may surface later, and young people can even be affected when the family atmosphere shows no tendency toward violence (Cantor & Wilson, 1984). Therefore, while TV violence is not the only cause of aggressive or violent behavior ... aggressive fant...

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... the overwhelming demand for cable and VCR's. Many new programs for children were being put on the air due to new networks like Nickelodeon, Discovery, Learning, Lifetime, Disney, and the Family channel. In the 1990's, television was influenced by the Children's Television Act with many educational shows joining the available programming. There have been a large amount of studies regaurding television programs ... about ten hours per week. So, when television viewing exceeds a certain level it seems to be related to less reading. On the other hand, a study found that children spend an av...

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... effects of video games on the behavioural development of 165 teenagers over the course of 3 years. This study has taken things such as pre-existing emotional, family and social issues into consideration. After the 3 years of investigation, they have found out that the accounted factors have changed the independent variable of the violence ... increase in aggression effects of the video games. This suggests that children who have previously experienced violence on their own skin (whether it was caused in the family or socially) have a much better control of their emotions and their aggre...

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... up for and overall rate of fourteen firearm related deaths per one hundred thousand people (Lampo 1). Firearm death rates have been climbing since the 1920's. In the United States on average, there are 733 shootings each day. In 1998, one of every five adolescent deaths was gun related. During the 1990's, gunshots killed almost three times as many people as did ... percent wanted to ban domestic manufacture of small, easily concealed, and inexpensive' hand guns-(Smith 2). Overall, of the eleven general gun control measures that NORC asked about in 1999 the average respondent supported s...

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... two elements (Hepburn 244). First of all, today's adolescent watches more television and movies when compared to an adolescent from the early 1970s. Recent studies have shown that the average American child spends approximately four to five hours a day hypnotized in television programs full of violent content (Hepburn 244). Protesters of television violence believe an increase in television sales also ... content shown in the entertainment industry is not only a reflection of a violent society, but it is also a contributor. A 1993 report by the American Psychological Association warned t...

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... The social stress factor encompasses the variety of social conditions that raises risk of child abuse within a family. These conditions include unemployment, illness, poor housing conditions, larger than average family size, presence of a new baby or a disable person in the home and death of a family member. People may not be able to cope with the stress entailed with all these difficult circumstances ... involvement and community deprives parents of support systems and contacts that would help them deal better with stress and conform their behaviour. Cultural factors determine amount o...

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... economic abuse, using children, psychological abuse, such as constant belittling, intimidation, and humiliation; and coercive sex. (Straus and Gelles, 1986) It frequently includes controlling behaviors such as isolating a woman from family and friends, monitoring her movements, and restricting her access to resources. Magnitude of the Problem In nearly 50 population-based surveys from around the world, 10% to over 50% of ... in the previous year were abused more than once, and 20% experienced severe violence more than six times. Among women reporting any physical aggression, 70% reported...

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... food, and economically dependent on the batterer (BWRI 2003). Emotional abuse is being continually humiliated and degraded, being intimidated, systematic criticisms and belittling comments, isolated from friends and family, and many other tactics to mentally control the victim (BWRI 2003). Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of fifteen and forty-four in ... Georgia Department of Human Resources 1992). Females who witness their mother's abuse have a higher rate of being battered as adults (Georgia Department of Human Resources 1992). Children living ...

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... child who starts acting violently will often do so during periods of unstructured and unsupervised time. Juvenile-justice statistics show that, lacking after-school supervision, youth violence rises to above average rates between 3 and 7 p.m. School violence has also been linked to the transformation of communities. Constantly shifting school demographics often reflect larger upheavals as communities undergo changes in ... size, economic well-being, and racial and ethnic mix ( Ross, 2012 ). Although our culture expects the family to deal with childhood problems, contemporary society make...

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... , and about two- thirds of them have two, three, or more sets (Buchanan). As the number of TV sets in a household has increased, family viewing has declined, and individual program selection and solitary viewing have increased. The average weekly viewing time has increased annually in American households, from 43 hours in the early seventies to 50 hours in the mid-nineties (Buchanan ... to collect videotapes that are appropriate for their children's developmental level and use these as necessary. An appropriate strategy includes having all family members decide on how much television wil...

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... school. Some theories have shown that some juveniles become delinquent because of the place and way they are growing up. "A series of studies have shown that delinquency rates are above average in the poorest sections of cities. Such areas have many broken homes and a high rate of alcoholism. They also have poor schools, high unemployment, few recreational facilities, and high crime ... older siblings actions. They will grow up not knowing right from wrong. Poverty is linked to violence through disorganized neighborhoods. The effect of living in such neighborhoods can devastate the fami...

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... , it continually has one of the highest inequality rates in the world. According to the CIA, Brazil's GINI index, which measures "measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income in a country," was 51.9 in 2012, the 16th highest of 141 countries recorded. In 2009, the richest fifth of Brazil received 58.6% of the nation's income, while the poorest ... dealer, compared to 0% of youth who have not been involved with drug trafficking; youth involved with drug trafficking are also more likely to be "marked for death " or to have a family member involved in crime. Not on...

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... reality television shows and they begin believing that these are the characteristics one should obtain in order to be considered "good looking." The National Institute on Media and Family conducted a study on fifth graders, ten year old girls and boys told researchers they were dissatisfied with their own bodies after watching a music video by Britney Spears or a clip from ... the adverse media messages; and how to start a healthy lifestyle. They should also limit exposure of media to one to two hours per day. Also, parents should ensure that all family members are getting a nutritional...

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... near-future results of our society's dependence upon technology are detached families, " Parents had better keep these marvelous gizmos in good repair, because family get-togethers may soon be replaced by conference calls," and the complete eradication of normal family association, " As parents grow old and find themselves in a nursing home, they had better take a modem with them; emails are sure to ... . They have access, again via Internet, to explicit, pornographic material and violence that has become the standard for what defines "interesting" movies or television programs for young...

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... is that this is only a small part of the influence. The United States has become a significantly militarized nation. Recent wars and international issues have transformed the way some see the average American. The popularity of violent video games is decreasing compared to non-violent video games. For example, recent studies by VGChartz show that only seven out of the top twenty ... unloved and rejected. A person familiar with physical contact can relate to this physical means in their own life because that is what they are familiar to and exposed to. These family problems may place som...

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... the TV could be doing more harm than good to modern day children and teens. Violence depicted on television can have a major impact on the minds of our youth. On average, American children witness around 200,000 acts of violence and 16,000 murders on TV by the age of 18; causing them to be less sensitive and this also increases ... reading and being read to, and are less likely to be able to read2. Other affected and/or replaced activities include exercise, participating in sports, music, art, quality time with family and friends, and studying. In my opinion, the amount of time children...

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... as part of their character on the inside, making them able to withstand any type of blow that the enemy could throw at them13. Being able to withstand days without average portions of food was also encouraged and enforced as a constant rule for these young men. The hopeful result of this was to be able to work on empty stomachs without ... population because the survival rate of a boy decreased in military training. As a boy grew into a man in Sparta and had to follow certain rules, it decreased the chance for a true family life, making it easy for men to sleep with women other than the...

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... Truck men heard him, they probably would have reacted as is the were in "attack mode" and ended his life within a snap of a finger. By age eighteen, the average American teenager will witness on television 200,000 acts of violence, including 40,000 murders(Persuade P). The American Medical Association conducted a study that found a direct relationship between viewing and homicide ... a Ninja Turtle costume for Halloween stabbed his friend in the arm for not giving back a toy he had borrowed weeks before Halloween. Another boy in Iowa , was caught swinging his family cat by the head and ...

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... the liberty granted does not care for the hue and cry raised by social organization which go unheard, especially with respect to the violence shown on our television networks. On average, young children watch about 100,000 acts of violence before they are through with their schools. Several studies have been conducted by researchers, scientists and pediatricians to explore the relationship ... to imitate what they see. The impact of T.V violence may be immediately evident in a child's behavior or may surface years later and young people can even be affected when the family atmosphere sh...

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... them more likely to behave in an aggressive and harmful manner towards other people. Findings over the past twenty years by three Surgeon Generals, the Attorney General's Task Force on Family Violence, the American Medical Association, the National Institute of Mental Health, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and other medical authorities indicate that ... increasingly violent media has negative effects on the minds of younger-more impressionable audiences. In 1989 the results of a five year study by the Ame...

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