Children Who See Too Much - 1584 Words

What goes in the mind of a mother when she first finds out about her pregnancy? Maybe she might feel extremely happy or maybe this news hit as a shock to her. Regardless, the majority of parents always think if they will be able to provide an adequate childhood to their child. After reading the book Children Who See Too Much, I realize that children are very sensitive to their environment. In this paper, I will try to discuss certain concerns expressed by the author regarding exposure to violence to the children. To begin with, in the first chapter of this book, it is described that there are three levels of exposure to violence. These are exposure to media violence, community violence, and violence in the home. The media has been†¦show more content†¦Moreover, these are natural hazards and keeping kids away from the truth maybe equal to showing them an unrealistic view of the world. Nevertheless, there is a variety of programs telecasted on television. Therefore, saying that the exposure to television is solely responsible for encouraging violence would not be true. The selection of program plays a major role, due to television children get different learning opportunity. Education regarding the selection of the program is critically important for the caregiver of the child. I believe the internet is more popular among children as compared to the television. Moreover, there is a conscious effort made by organizations like Public Broadcasting Service to bring a collection of age ap propriate shows for children. Here I am not trying to say that television shows are completely good for children, my point is that this facility should be provided but with good supervision. However, the synergistic effect of family and community violence and television violence is more dangerous for the child. In addition, to understand the effect of external environment on a child it is really important to understand how do they interpret the violent event. This can be explained with the help of Jean Piaget theory of cognitive development, according to which a child’s intellectual development is based on a sequence of stages that a child passes through on the way to achieving the adult capacity for