Children and Television Violence
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The children of America spend their time on many different activities. One of the most time consuming activities is watching television. Television plays a large role in the social and emotional development of children today. One good quality that television has is that it conveys information and happenings around the world that they may not otherwise know about, but some people have been questioning whether television does more harm than good. Many have been analyzing what affect violence in children's shows have upon children.
Most parents allow their children to watch so called "kid's shows" without even thinking about what might be contained within them. How many times has a certain hunter (Elmore Fudd) been seen hunting Bugs Bunny? Most people would say "how can a cartoon about a man hunting affect a child?" At first it may seem that it has no effect, but, looking closer, it is easy to see that Bugs Bunny has many human traits. Two of these traits are speaking English and walking upright...