Jimmy is five years old and his having some major problems in school. Almost every week Jimmy is either in a physical fight with another student or he is yelling at the top of his voice to one of the little girls in his class. Jimmy 's home life is one that is not worth talking about. Jimmy's father is known throughout the community for beating his wife and Jimmy as well. When Jimmy's father comes home after a 12 to 15-work day, he is very aggressive and tends to become really violent toward Jimmy and his mother. Even i

When television was created violence entered every American's home. American children watch an average of three to four hours of television daily (" Children and TV Violence" Parenthoodweb.com). During those three or four hours of watching television a child may see 8,000 murders and more than 100,000 other acts of violence by the time they finish elementary school (Anita Diamant, Parents Magazine "Media Violence: Protecting Children from its Effects" page 40). The television is a very important tool within our society. We use the television for our source of daily information as well as for entertainment. However, the problem with the television is that there is too much violence on TV. Some of the programs in which are highly watched by children are Southpark, World Wrestling Federation (WWF) Monday Night Raw and Thursday Night Smack Down and the Jerry Springer Show. The common factor that these shows have in common is they all promote violence For example, the cartoon show Southpark is about five elementary school kids who are really close friends. The show promotes child to disrespect adults, to use profanity, and that it is okay to stereotype someone because of their race. A character named Kenny is killed at the end of every show, but he always returns in the next show. By the killing of Kenny, the creators of the show are telling the kids that watch the show that when you kill someone they will come back to life. Not only is the show sending the message that killing someone is "normal", but they also send a hidden message in which tells kids that it is "normal" for adults to resolves conflicts through violence. In addition to promoting violence among the children that watches the show, the show also promotes for kids to disrespect their adult figures.

Author unknown "Violence Kills more U.S. Kids." American Voices: Culture and Community. Eds. Dolores LaGuardia and Hans P. Guth. California: Mayfield Publishing Company, 2000 Vol. 4 253-256

Picture a small town in the middle of North Dakota with a population of about 5000 people. Now in this town there is only one elementary school, one junior high school and one high school. Because there is only one elementary, junior high and high school in the town, all the children that attend either one of these school really gets to know one another. Mostly the entire student who starts elementary school together usually graduates from high school with each other. Last year high graduating class a total of 25 graduates. Out of all the schools in the town there has not been a major act of violence in the past 35 years. When asked by a local reporter by they believe there is absolute no violence in their school systems, school official said that there are three key factors in which for when trying to keep their schools safe. The first step is the low amounts of students who are enrolled in the schools. The school superintendent said that by having lower numbers of students enrolled in the schools the school official could take help the students feel as if he or she belongs here. The second step is hiring more teachers and counselors who are willing to take the time out of their busy lives to help a student at need. The superintendent stated that by having mentor-mentee relationship students feel as if they can talk to their teacher about anything. The final step in creating a violence free school is the creation of extracurricular activities for the students to get involved in. By having after school programs it is unlikely for the student to go home and sit in front of the TV. Besides, by us keeping the students after school the student parent(s) does not have to worry about whether their child is safe or not.

CNN online. "5 dead, 11 wounded in Arkansas school shooting" March 24, 1998. April 26, 200

Dr. Leonard Eron professor of the University of Michigan, Ann

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