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You are What you Eat

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  You Are What You Eat
       "You are what you eat", which derived from a statement made by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French politician, who once wrote, "Tell me what you eat and I shall tell you what you are", has been stated millions of times. This means, if you feed children junk food; they are not likely to remain in good health. But it isn't just about what a person eat with their mouths, but the context of what is consumed mentally and what they allow their minds to ingest. What children listen to, read, and view on TV affects their spiritual and emotional character and mental well-being. TV and movies influences sexual behavior, teach violence and aggression, and encourages children to use foul language and be disrespectful.
       One way television influences children is thorough the sexual content in its shows. For example there is a commercial that compares washing your hair to having a sexual organism. You have beer commercials that suggest drinking this beer will get you the girl with the nice shape. There are even shows where homosexuality is encouraged, by having them on the shows and openly being homosexuals on the show. This tells children it is ok to be homosexual, while the Bible clearly speaks against it...