or has to do with our society and how we react to violence and how we see violence. Increasing crime and other violent acts may not be due to chemical imbalances, parents, or media; it may just have to do with how our society views violent acts.Altogether, media violence may contribute to violence in children. Media violence, however, may not be the sole cause as to why children are becoming more violent with school shootings, vandalism, and racism. Television, movies, video games, and other resources may be displaying too much violence that may not be suitable for children. Are parents not paying enough attention to what their children are being exposed to? Is our nation not putting enough effort into resolving this problem? Many of these questions will only be answered if parents get involved with their children and if the media focuses on decreasing violence or create a way more effective for parents to control what their children are exposed to. Some of the violence that occurs in our society is not even committed by children so this be another way children are getting violent, because if the influence other people have on them. Excessive violence in the media remains a big problem in our nation and has brought attention to children’s actions involving past time activities and parent’s roles. Media violence to some people is to blame for all violent acts that children nowadays are committing. They blame high school shootings and racism on family values and brutality seen on a daily basis on TV or other places. If media violence persists, are we as a country to believe that we are all inevitably going to be violent ourselves? This question has a simple answer. Until our society is peaceful enough to not involve violence then violence will be a part of our everyday lives but if we do something to end violence in television, movies and other places our children will have a better environment. This environment ...
