A few months ago when visiting a friend, I was disturbed to see her eight-year old sister making one of her Barbie dolls, in her Barbie Ferrari, run over another Barbie. When I asked why she was making her doll hurt the other doll she replied, "Because it's funny. The Coyote gets run over all the time, it's funny." I then explained to her that when cars hit people, many times the get hurt very …showed first 75 words of 990 total…

…showed last 75 words of 990 total…causes violence to become an even greater "social disease of epidemic proportions" (Kreig 46). Works Cited Eron, L.D. and L.R. Huesmann. Television and the Aggressive Child: A Cross National Comparison. Greenhaven Press Inc. San Diego, California: 1982. Kavanaugh, R.D. and R.D. Parke. Imitation of live and Televised models by children. General Press Inc. Tampa, Florida: 1987. Kreig, Fred. That's all Folks. The Desensitiza1`tion of America's Youth Towards Violence. McHugh Press Inc. Boston, Massachusetts: 1991.