what shows have a negative effect on adolescence?
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i seriously think that bugs bunny is bad for children.\n\nyou think i'm crazy right??\n\nwell, think of it this way: elmer fudd shoots bugs in the belly...bugs is shown saying some smart *ss comment, then 5 seconds later, he's okay...then, bugs shoots elmer fudd, and his face gets all black...nobody dies...HELLO!!!!! \n\nelmer fudd is always smoking cigars...(i think that's elmer fudd) which isn't a good thing for kids to see either...\n\ni don't think many shows have too much a negative effect on adolescence because they've already gotten to the age to be able to distinguish right from wrong.
1139727
...why yes. Sexual repression affects everything...According to Siva Rodriguez, "Some of the side effects of sexual repression as observed in human beings include lack of self-confidence, low self-esteem, depression, suicidal tendencies, and higher aggressive behavior. A child who has been taught to believe that sex is dirty and bad will often mature to become an adult who is self-conscious about his body and overwhelmed with guilt when the natural desire to breed arouses him."
610902
I agree 100%. The one that pissed me off the most (I've only watched 2 or 3 episodes) was the one where the girl disobeyed her mom's direct order not to go shopping in Beverly Hills. As punishment, her dad said she had to wait a few days to get her new luxury car. She sat there in a very high-class restaurant and cried like a spoiled little kid (I guess she actually was a spoiled little kid). If I turn on MTV and that show is on, I change the channel.
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I can't write that but ill provide some facts...\n\n\n-american children by their 18th birthday had seen thousands of murders on tv\n\n-The viewing patterns children establish as toddlers will influence their viewing habits throughout their lives\n\n-Because television violence is accompanied by vivid production features, preschoolers are predisposed to seek out and pay attention to violence — particularly cartoon violence. It is not the violence itself that makes the cartoons attractive to preschoolers, but the accompanying vivid production features. With this preference for cartoons, preschoolers are being exposed to a large number of violent acts in their viewing day. Moreover, they are unlikely to be able to put the violence in context, since they are likely to miss any subtlety conveyed mitigating information concerning motivation and consequences. Preschoolers behave more aggressively than usual in their play after watching any high-action exciting television content, but especially after watching violent television. \n\n-During adolescence (age 12 to 17), the middle school to high school years, children become capable of high levels of abstract thought and reasoning, although they rarely use these abilities when watching television, continuing to invest little mental effort. They watch less television than they did when they were younger, and watch less with their families. Their interests at this age tend to revolve around independence, sex and romance, and they develop a preference for music videos, horror movies, and (boys particularly) pornographic videos, which deal with these topics, although usually in negative ways.\n\n-In a world in which violent television is pervasive and children are susceptible to its effects, parents are the best mediators of their children's viewing.\n\nThere are a number of ways parents can limit their children's exposure to violence. Restricting the amount and types of programs children watch is probably the most effective and common means of mediation for children of all ages. However, there are also strategies that are specifically appropriate for children at different ages.
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It depends on the child and how they have been raised as to how what is on TV will affect them.  \n\nIf a child has been left on their own to basically raise themselves, then they will do or follow what they see on TV.\n\nIf the child has been raised with parents that talk to them and explain things to them, then they know that TV is pretty much mostly make-believe and that just because it happens on TV doesn't mean that they should do it.\n\nTV isn't bad, it's a object, an appliance, and despite some peoples best efforts TV can not be blamed for the failings of a parent when it comes to raising and disciplining their children.
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I believe tv desensitizes us from what we see in real life.  Often it can lead to accepting things that we might have found morally or lawfully wrong had we not watched the shows we watch IMO.
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I am a youth counselor at a detention center for at risk youth and I see this alot. Now I am only 23 years old so I don't know how much I can influence the crowd here but here it goes. I think with the kids I deal with there are 2 main things that add to the equation. Parents and Pop Culture. With parenting I think people arent willing to put in the time and also agree with the fact that parents are trying to be friends. Also I don't know if there is any connection but I would say with the number of single parents increasing and the age at which people are impregnated. A irresponsible youth can't raise a responsible person. By the time the kids I work with get to be teenagers, the parent usually wants to make up for the teenage years that they themselves lost leaving a kid to fend for himself. As far as pop culture goes I just isn't popular to be nice anymore most music is about being depressed or being a gangster, alot of the movies my youth watch when not in program have to do with the same or with sexual acts. Well that's all on this matter for now any questions feel free to write.\n Timmy
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I agree:  While almost any show can be found to have some redeeming value somewhere (as another answerer pointed out about SpongeBob,) I think it is dangerous to just hope that the kids are picking the correct message out of most programs.\n\nBesides, there are SO MANY other things to do!  I look at it more from the point of view that there are too many other things a child (especially a young one) should be doing instead:  playing with toys, reading, playing with friends, just running or biking outside, playing with parents, etc. etc.\n\nWhile I agree that it would be possible for a child to have a very healthy & happy life with no TV whatsoever, I also don't think it necessarily needs to be removed completely, as another writer suggested.  Small doses of TV, large doses of playtime!
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I did a great informative speech in college on Children and Violence in Television, and how the violence on TV influences their actions. I found a ton of information supporting this theme on the internet and in the library. It was easy to research.\n\nOther ideas involving children:\nChildren and the gender roles portrayed in cartoons\nHow Children Play\nHow Children Learn
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Well I guess it depends what kind of show you are doing but I think the main thing when doing anything with children this yound is to try and keep them INVOLVED and ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING somehow......also keeping things as simple and humurous as possible also helps.
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You all can kiss my BIG toe...\nThat show was and is a good show... It had alot of meaning like, Family, love, relationships, honesty, togetherness, and everything else that deals with a family or love...\nSO keep your negative comments to your self...
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Golf (good scores can be negative)\n\nJeopardy\n\nThe stock market
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Well, one of the negative influences is portraying "celebrities" and "athletes"  to be the ideal "level" to reach in America. Everyone does not walk in the same shoes. You have to be the person that you think you are. Not someone else determining your self-worth, what makes you happy, or even your direction in life.\n\nAn example of positive influence can be that it connects the youth with similar interests. Whether it be drama, music, or youth sports, these are kids that's actually living like them. They can relate to that.
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During the "teen" years, the neurons and electrons in the brain are experimenting with logic paths. This routing and rerouting takes from 3 to 5 years for the average individual. The know it all phase, is one that allows for freedom of speech, and empowerment, if it were to be stifled, it only comes back in the form of anger later in life. My recommendation is to grin and bear all the abnormalities, and just sit back and enjoy the show!!!\n\nHuggs and Kisses,,,\n\nLonnie
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It certainly does. Aggression begets aggression. Violence raises Blood Pressure. Leading to more violence.\nChildren watching it think that is how they should react in real life. Like point a gun to get what you want.  READ :\nDoes violence on TV cause violence in real life? What should be done? \n\n     Thirty murders. Forty beatings. Do these sound like figures from a police report? Guess again. They are the number of violent \nacts that a group of South Carolina sixth-graders observed while watching one hour of prime-time television. \n\n     One hour. \n\n     Last December, the students conducted a survey of TV violence. Each student agreed to watch one hour of prime-time television \nfor four days and record the number of violent acts shown. Only murders and beatings were counted. \n\n     The results shocked many of the students. During the four-day period, they saw a total of 100 murders and hundreds of \nphysical assaults (attacks). One student counted three killings in a commercial for a new movie. \n\n     "I was blown away," Kristi Wannamaker, 12, told JS. "I never realized there was so much violence on television." \n\n     Kristi believes that there should be less violence on TV. But some of her classmates disagree. They say that violence makes TV \ninteresting, and should not be cut back. \n\n     "My friends watch violence and it doesn't affect them," Trevor Jay, 12, told JS. "Most people can handle it." \n\n     Why worry about violence on TV? Some people believe that television violence is partly responsible for the growing amount of \nviolence in America. They say that TV violence should be reduced. But other people disagree, saying that viewers have the right to \nchoose what they watch. What do you think? Does violence on TV influence real life? Should it be cut back? If so, how? \n\n     One thing is sure--TV violence is big. On any given night, you might catch a movie about a woman hiring someone to kill her \nhusband. Another channel might offer "real-life" police stories of arrests and shootings. A cartoon shows characters getting \nflattened against trees or squashed under rocks. Add the violence in music videos and movie ads and you get a lot of killing, \nbeating, and bashing going on. \nIS TV VIOLENCE HARMFUL? \n\n     Some experts think that so much violence is harmful. "There are so many studies showing a relationship between the violence \non TV and violence in people's lives," Diana Zuckerman, a psychologist, told JS. "TV is not just a reflection of what's happening in \nsociety, [it] is also creating violence." \n\n     How does this happen? "You get desensitized," explains Robert E. Gould, a professor of psychiatry and an officer of the \nNational Coalition on Television Violence. "The more violence you see, the less upset you become by it. It just becomes a part of \nyour daily life," Gould told JS. \n\n     What do television viewers think? In a recent survey, 80 percent of the people polled felt that television violence is harmful. \nAbout 72 percent thought that entertainment television (TV programs not including news) shows too much violence. \n\n     WHAT IMPACT ON KIDS? \n\n     How much violence do kids see on TV? According to a study done by the American Psychological Association (APA), a child \nwho watches four hours of television daily will witness 8,000 murders by the time he or she finishes elementary school. \n\n     This worries many experts. They say that young children between the ages of 2 and 5 cannot tell the difference between reality \nand fantasy life. So when they see violence on cartoons, they take it for real. \n\n     It can harm older children, too. A steady diet of violence gives them a skewed (distorted) picture of real life. They may begin to \nthink that violence is an acceptable way to deal with problems. \n\n     "When children watch TV, there's a t
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I agree with Connie K.\n\nI think that violence desensitizes our children.  We never really see the consequences or aftermath of violence on TV or Movies.   We just see the violence and then the good guy always wins.  \n\nBut this is not just limited to violence, it also applies to behaviors and sex.  I think after you see enough promiscuous sex on TV, you think that is the normal way of life and that is how everyone lives.  Same thing with behaviors.  When kids watch shows geared to kids or teens, and the kids and teens are behaving badly with no consequences, I think that they start thinking that it is normal to act that way and to behave that way. \n\nThis is why I think that it is very important to monitor the programs that we all watch and especially our children, more closely.
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Yes.  Children who spend their time watching television are not spending that time doing homework, reading for pleasure, playing outside and learning through experiencing their environment.  Television deadens the senses and decreases children's ability to become stimulated.  \n\nOf course, some television programs are worse than others.