The average child watches two to four hours of TV a day. "Air time for war cartoons increased from 1.5 hours per week in 1982 to 43 hours per week in 1986." (Smith, 1993) This is a great increase in violence on TV for young kids. In many studies they now show that violence shown on TV makes a big difference on young kids. It increases violent and aggressive behavior in young kids. "A Washington Post article (Oldenburg, 1992), states that 'the preponderance of evidence from more than 3,000 research studies over two decades shows that the violence portrayed on television influences the attitudes and behavior of children who watch it."
             The kids behavior also was related to the amount of TV watched, violent and nonviolent a like. Kids tended to internalize their problems and were often depressed. The more TV the kids watched the more aggressive they became. There bad behavior was most stimulated by fast paced programs and programs where the kids can identify with one of the characters. Mostly for boys, identifying with a character greatly increases the chance that the characters aggressive behavior will be modeled. Relationships have been found between the kid's belief that TV violence is real, their aggressive behavior, and the amount of violence they watch. "'Children of lower intellectual achievement generally (1) watch more television, (2) watch more violent television, (3) believe violent television reflects real life, and (4) behave more aggressively' (Huesmann, 1986 p. 86)."
             There are three main concerns about the effects of TV violence from the Nation Association for the Education of Young Children: "(1) Children may become less sensitive to the pain and suffering of others, (2) They may be more likely to behave in aggressive or harmful ways towards others, (3) They may become more fearful of the world around them." The third concern is most watched....