Media Violence Body Paragraph

“The average 7th grader watches about 4 hours of television per day, and 60% of those shows contain some violence. The average 7th grader plays electronic games at least 4 hours per week, and 50% of those games are violent. According to the American Psychiatric Association, by age 18 an American child will have seen 16,000 simulated murders and 200,000 acts of violence.” Have you ever watched a movie or show that includes violence? Have you ever played a violent game? Have you ever listen to violence songs? Media violence is fun to watch but for kids, it may cause behavioral problems such as playing violently, being a distraction, and disobeying rules. Media violence can be fun but it also affects our behavior and attitude. It makes kids play more violently, it’s becoming a distraction to children’s education.
(Body Paragraph one) Media violence is making kids play violently. Their behavioral attitude reflects on their surroundings. If a kid is watching too much violence on media then it’s likely they will copy it. “On June 26, 2002, Charnicia Huggins, a reporter for Reuters, wrote about a …show more content…
“Some experts also believe that children can become addicted to violence. "Violence is like the nicotine in cigarettes," State's Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman” “But just as every cigarette increases the chance that someday you will get lung cancer, every exposure to violence increases the chances that some day a child will behave more violently than they otherwise would.” Kids are obsessed with their media violence, they do not listen to their parents anymore because kids are developing and learning from what they see. And in media violence the main character is always causing troubles. This causes kids to go against their parents like the characters in the movie, mainly because they think this is okay and cool. “Some experts also believe that children can become addicted to