One of the most popular programs on television for children is W.W.F. Monday Night Raw. The program is made to portray real life situations. In his article "Why America's Hooked on Wrestling," John Leland explains that the draw to these programs is the mix of sex and violence th

at is present throughout the program. This violence on the program leads children to imitate the wrestlers at home. In imitating these wrestlers the children accidentally hurt each other. There is a trial currently going on this is trying a thirteen-year-old boy for murder. The boy killed a friend while trying a wrestling hold that his favorite wrestler does. There are hundreds of other similar accidents that happen around the world almost daily. The young children who are watching these programs are slowly being transformed into violent without anybody even noticing. Wrestling programs also depict bad people as top stars. John Leland points out that "To the uninitiated or unconvinced, pro wrestling may seem like a dopey spectacle in which really big guys put on silly tights and pretend to beat each other up." When children see these people in silly tights they actually want to be those people. One popular character on the show is a pimp named the Godfather. This particular character is led out to the arena by a group of beautiful women. Glorification of these characters is causing a problem with children in society. The children see these characters cheered on by thousands of people every week and think it is ok to do what the characters do. So often when they grow up they start fights on the playground and might even get into illegal activities such as drug dealing. Everybody loves these characters that the children see every week. So the children get a re-enforcement that they are good people. Some children will watch as much as ten hours of wrestling every week so it is easy to see how they become totally immune to the fact that the wrestling is not real.

There have also been numerous studies on the effect of television on a child's mind. A child learns

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