Television has a powerful influence of developing value systems and shaping behavior. The fact that television is universally accessible to all different types of people, especially children, is quite upsetting. While I spent hours observing different types of programs, I realized how fortunate I was not to have been brought up in a household where television was at the center of our family. I can imagine the difficulty a parent must have when imposing television restrictions upon their child. What's actually out there that poses such a dangerous threat?
As soon as I pressed the "on" switch, I entered a world where narcissism and hedonism were placed on a pedestal. Family and tradition appeared to be nonexistent. Sex, violence, drugs, loss of inhibitions, and lack of moralistic principles is what you can find by channel s
As I switched to the Lifetime Channel, I was hoping for a good old-fashioned tearjerker. I was in the mood to watch a sappy, stereotypical love story with a predictable happy ending. The first scene I viewed was of an innocent high school student being sexually pressured by another classmate. I forgot that this world does not honor virginity or respect a person who chooses to live a chaste life. The social acceptance of promiscuity and casual sex are recurring themes on each network. I later watched Friends, and saw the episode when Ross and Rachel were "on a break" and Ross had intercourse with a woman he had recently met in a bar. This "world" of sexual freedom that I have become webbed in is one in which parents, who are supposed to teach vital topics such as pregnancy, contraception, and abortion, have been replaced by si
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