The Effects of Televised Violence on Children Today, American children watch an average of three to four hours of television daily, which averages out to be twenty-eight hours per week. Many people may not be aware of how powerful an influence Television is on developing values and forming behavioral patterns in children¡¦s lives. Sadly, much of today¡¦s television programs are violent. Children age eight and under are effected the most by these acts …showed first 75 words of 2417 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2417 total…are spending all this money on ways to cut down on violence in the United States, they can easily begin to help eliminating violence even if it is only keeping violence out of their living rooms and bedrooms, by refusing their children to watch violence on TV. By doing this more and more people will begin to realize that this is not acceptable to show their five, six, seven, or eight year old violent programs.