How Television Can be Harmful to Children

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television can indeed also provide children with positive influences (examples of such good influences might be PBS cartoons like Sagwa, or educational programs such as Sesame Street), watching horror films, action movies, and movies with sexual themes on television can confuse or scare children, or in some instances, even cause them to act out aggressively or violently. "Many programs present a world filled with violence and evil, where 'bad guys' threaten the safety of 'good guys'. An underlying message of instability and threat is repeated over and over again in many children's programs giving children the impression of a threatening and unsafe world where danger is never put to rest" ("Effects of the media from a child development perspective" (2005). Even television cartoons, designed for children, often show "pretend" violent acts, like hitting, pushing other characters off cliffs, or otherwise hurting other characters as seemingly fun and effective ways to successfully ...

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