The Influence Of Violent Media On Children

Violence is King Anyone can go watch the local news and that someone got into a deadly car accident or someone got shoot or stab. The local news live off of these type of news story so people will watch their local news over another, the sayings is “If it bleeds it leads.” The question is, is all of this violent media harming the children, this argue has been heard millions of times before. With quote on quote experts on what parents should do with their children about violent media. People blaming violent video games these days, but back in the day people blame violent comics. Gerard Jones argues that violent media is good for children, especially boys, because it helps them to creative, get out of a funk, and teaches them things that school cannot do. I …show more content…
I would play pretend army soldiers and shoot my friends with my imagery gun, or the other way around. I would be this in school and at home. My first grade teacher would let me draw violent pictures of war scenes I saw in the books in the library. Jones mention in the article he wrote that a young tom girl would be the exact same thing that I did in class, but would told to stop doing that and get her parents involve. If I went to elementary school in today day and age maybe I would be punish like her and be told to stop or that I am different. Jones mentions in the article that playing pretend solider helps boys understand what valor, loyal, and just be creative. My friends and I would always try and reenact battles from World War II in the woods in one of our backyards. That without playing pretend solider they will still understand valor and loyal