Television: The Digital Mentor "A nursery school teacher told me her children were crudely bopping each other much more than previously, without provocation. When she discussed it with them, they protested 'But that's what the Three Stooges do.' This incident did not signify a serious undermining of character, but it certainly showed me that watching violence can affect a children's standards of behavior. Recent psychological experiments have shown that watching brutality stimulates at least …showed first 75 words of 1059 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1059 total…It is television: the digital mentor. People say it doesn't effect them but it does. Chen, M. The Smart Parent's Guide to Kids' TV. San Fransisco: KQED Books, 1994. Devore, C .D. Kids & Media Influence. Edina: Abdo and Daughters, 1994. Featherstone, H. What Children Learn From Television. New York: Stein and Day, 1982. Melville-Thomas, G. Television Violence and Children. London: Hoddon and Stoughton, 1985. Murray, J. P. "Impact of Television Violence." 28 Oct 1999 <http://www.ksu.edu/humex/impact.html).