Statistics concerning television violence and young children are alarmingly high. In one family alone, the average time spent watching television is near seventy-seven hours per week (Abbott). This is not surprising because ninety-eight percent of all homes have at le

3. Use visual warning signals on shows with violence between six o'clock a.m. and ten o'clock p.m.

6. Educate children about harmful effects of violence; inform viewers about harmful effects of exposure to violence

1. No excessive amount of dramatized violence between six o'clock a.m. and ten o'clock p.m.

One such example of how television violence has affected America's youth is a violent scene from a Disney movie, "The Program". The scene depicts a group of drunken high school football players who decide to take a risk. They laid down in the middle of a busy highway to prove their toughness to one another. Two teenagers in Pennsylvania tried it and one in New York tried it as well. The tragic outcomes to this senseless act was one teen was killed, one was paralyzed, and one teen was critically injured. Since these events, the scene has since been removed from the movie to prevent further accidents (Kendall 87). Another example took place in October of 1993 in Lorraine, Ohio. A five year old boy had just finished watching an episode of "Beavis and Butthead" where the duo set fire to various objects. The boy set fire to the family's mobile home and his two year old sister was killed in the fire. MTV has since moved the show to a later time slot. In April of 1996, a thirteen year old boy participated in the beating of a seventy-five year old priest and his seventy year old wife. The child used a baseball bat and a broken beer bottle to beat the elderly couple to death. He was sentenced to three years in a detention institute and on two years probation. One would think a small child, barely able to read or write, would not be capable of mortally wounding someone. That's not the case with a small six year old boy. In April of 1996, he crept into a home and almost beat a one month old baby to death. Another horrifying example is in June of 1996, a thirteen year old had accused an eleven year old of rape (Chidley). Most people wouldn't think children of such young ages could commit so violent of actions. But they do and experiments are being used to determine why.

2. Show explicit viewer advisories for shows with excessive violence between six o'clock a.m. and ten o'clock p.m.

5. Provide a scheme for classifying shows on amount of violence

Researchers Eron and Huesman conducted experiments to see if something could be done about the violence seen in younger children. Their first experiment included teaching views on violence to Chicago area kids. They were taught that television depicts situations and worlds that were unrealistic. They were also shown aggression and violence is less common and effective as portrayed on television. They were also repeatedly told "violence is wrong". Two years later, the children were checked on and Eron and Huesman found out TV violence didn't have as much impact on them than on kids who were not taught the same things (Myers 574). Eron and Huesman's other experiment was very similar to their first one, only it was stretched over a longer period of time. They wonder

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