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Do
your children contradict everything you say?
Do outside influences attack the values you
hold most dear and are trying hardest to instill in your children?
Like
many parents, you may feel you are fighting a losing battle against
the overwhelming outside negative influences in our society. For many
of us, our children need go no further than the remote control to
see negative moral and ethical behaviors. A television is a window
to the world.
TERRY RISKE, MD
TV brings us sights and sounds that would be unimaginable
to previous generations. Unfortunately though, television is a two-edged
sword. Television and the Internet are windows to the world, but when
they are open they expose our children to varying degrees of shocking
media violence. Television bombards us with shows that assail our
decency and numb us to pain and suffering. Statistics indicate that
our children will experience 16,000 murders and 200,000 violent acts
before they reach age 18. They will spend more time watching television
(approximately 28 hours per week) than they will attending school
or listening to their parents. No wonder this medium has such a powerful
impact on our children. Here is my story.. |
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