"Children don't naturally kill. It is a learned skill. And they learn it from abuse and violence in the home and, most pervasively, from violence as entertainment in television, the movies, and interactive video games," (Oliver Stone, 1995). Children today can see someone get shot or killed on the television and mimic that act at very young age. But it is not until the age of about 8 or 9, that the children actually understand what is going …showed first 75 words of 1722 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1722 total…an important factor. Violence on television can cause aggressive behavior. Bibliography Channeling Violence : The Economic Market for Violent Television Programming. By James T. Hamilton 1998 I Am A VCR: A Book by TV's Number 1 Critic About Sex & Violence, Dynasty & Dallas, T & A, N.Y., Drugs, Roone Arledge, & Hero Cars. By Marvin Kitman 1988 Breaking Your Child's TV Addiction. By David Pearce Demers 1988. Television Violence : A Child's Eye View (Advances in Psychology, Vol 32) By T. Van Der Voort 1998