ding matter such as comic books, and children can be encouraged to read the original sources.Monitoring television programs and writing letters to network executives, advertisers, and members of Congress is a positive way of advocating for media control on a community level (Story, 1990). On a personal level, however, it is up to parents, teachers, and the rest of us to lesson the amount of violence kids actually see. So let's take such steps as have been discussed and put them into action. It just might prevent a tragedy from happening. ...