Children tend to watch three to four hours of television a day, which can average out to be 28 hours a week. This amount is more time then they spend in school in an average week. All this time spent in front of the television allows the media to influence children as much as their parents do. Television could be good for kids if it were teaching them something other than violence. Children shows today are based on violence; if you watch Saturday morning cartoons, more than half of those shows have violence in their plot. To further understand more about children and TV violence you must know some facts, know some studies that have taken place, and know some ways to solve it. There might be many reasons for high rates of violence in America, but there is no doubt that the television is one of those reasons.
             On the kill your TV website, the website states many facts that the people that run this website have acquired from other sources. One fact stated is that the typical American child will witness 8,000 murders and 10,000 acts of televised violence in his childhood. These amounts could change the way some children perceive violence and make it a part of everyday life. Another fact is that much of what children see on TV represents violence as an appropriate way to solve interpersonal problems, to avenge slights and insults, make up for justice and get what you want out of life. As the children progress in life, they will be more prone to solve problems with violence and be very hostile whenever a small argument occurs because this is the way many shows on television solve their problems. Also, after the introduction of television in South Africa in 1974, the murder rate among the white population increased by 56 percent over the next nine years. There are other reasons, but the television does have many acts of violence which could change the people's perception of violence. Many facts about children ...