The discussion of violence on TV has become very heated and debated indeed. On the one hand you have a group of people who say that we control our own actions and that we are the only ones responsible for our actions (i.e., not parents, television, video games...). Then you have some that agree television violence increases the propensity of a person/child to emulate that violence, but that the effects are short-lived. They …showed first 75 words of 781 total…

…showed last 75 words of 781 total…there are consequences to such actions, children won't emulate it. In the end, no position is necessarily entirely right, nor does anyone know the true effects of violence on children. A detailed understanding of these three key arguments will help you, as a parent, decide what is right for your children. In the end it is your decision, and hopefully an understanding of all the sides of this issue will help you to decide wisely.