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In California, a seven-year-old boy sprinkled ground-up glass into the lamb stew the family was to eat for dinner. When asked why he did it he replied that he wanted to see if the results would be the same in real life as they were on television. (Howe p.72) Television violence effects children, whether it is from a movie or a Saturday morning cartoon. Facts have shown children become more violent after watching violent acts …

…e children and the parents should be aware of that fact and do something to prevent their children from watch such programs. Furthermore, children act in a violent manner, when expose too much violence. Also, they act more aggressively in their behavior and become desensitized from the violence. In summary, violence on television is a problem which parents should recognize, before their children become more violent and aggressive from watching too much violence on television.