Soon afterwards children will then lose opportunities to make friends, play games, and will not learn how to solve their own problems (Healy 1). Elementary students are more likely to stay up later to watch adult programs, this will cause them to lose sleep and therefore be tired at school ("Parents and childrens" opinion on the effects of television viewing" 6).
Most children do what they see on television and this is a major reason why violent crime rates are increasing (Bridges 178). Preschoolers concentrate on television more than toddlers and they can't contrast fantasy and reality ("Parents and children" 6). The more real the violence looks the higher possibility of it to be learner. The images on television can make a kid mentally damaged and defenseless (How TV Affects Your Child 1). "They will quickly learn that violence is an acceptable solution to resolving even complex problems, particularity if the aggressor is the hero" ("Media Violence" 1). The aggressor on television is frequently rewarded for the violence, which makes the children think they want to be the aggressor to get gifts or rewards (Gonzalez 2). .
The National Cable Television Association made a three-year study of television violence. It reported that sixty-percent of the sampled programs had violent scenes in them. The study warned parents to know that television violence effects children and children pick up aggressive attitudes and behaviors (Shifrin 3). Another study titled "Big World, Small Screen: The Role of Television in American Society" displays the harmful effects of television violence are real ("Violence on Television" 2). There is a connection between television violence and aggressive behavior. The majority of 3,000 researches performed say the children that watch television violence will show attitudes and behaviors that the television shows (Smith 2). "Viewers could learn aggressive attitudes and behavior from watching violence, become desensitized to the seriousness of violence, and become frightened of becoming a victim of real-life violence" (Shifrin 1).