When I was I child I used to watch shows like Batman and Spiderman. They both were about super heroes that fought crime. The shows consisted of a lot of fighting. Batman and spider man were very intelligent and used clues to determine where the criminals might be and what their plans were. So these shows weren't just about fighting and blowing things up. Sure there was violence when the hero fought the bad guys but these shows were also about Good and Evil. I watched mostly cartoons when I was young and they all had some kind of hero in them. I didn't watch Barney or Sesame Street. I hated those shows even when I was a child.
I don't think that children's programming affects young minds as much as everyone would like to believe. I believe that angry moms out there are looking for someone to blame besides themselves for the lack of supervision given to these young children. I think that the shows that may cause violent tendencies in children are the ones that parents are told not to let them watch anyway. The programs that actually do have an excess amount of violence also have ratings and warnings that they might not be suitable for a young audience. These ratings are there for the parents. The ratings are there so that the parent knows if that program is suitable for a child. Is it the commercial industries fault that the parent chooses to ignore these warnings or doesn't take the time to monitor what their kids are watching? The children's programs don't have an excess amount of violence. Almost every new show I can think of that is targeted at a very young audience has a fighting, but they also have a strong sense of right and wrong. I can't think of one show that is based on crude violence. Look at Pokemon, Batman, Spiderman, Digimon, X-men, and Dragon Ball Z. The first opinion a parent gets when they walk in the room and their child is watching a fight, witch all the shows I listed include, is "Look at the violence.
