Parents should know what there children are playing and watching. If they do not, they should start becoming aware as soon as they can. Below is a few tips for what I believe can help purge violent behaviour.
Parents should be acknowledging that there is a lot of violent material that is easily obtained by their children. They need to realise that files are easily downloaded and with the rapidly growing youth of today, it is not difficult for children to get their hands on these things. We shouldn't be sheltering our children, rather letting them experience things little by little so that they are not bombarded later on in life.
DeLisi (2013) states "I think parents need to be truthful and honest about who their children are in terms of their psychiatric functioning. If you have a kid who is antisocial, who is a little bit vulnerable to influence, giving them something that allows them to escape into themselves for a long period of time isn't a healthy thing."
Anderson (2013) later goes on to state here the very simple point of "media violence does matter."
I guess the point that I am trying to get across is that parents need to mediate what their children watch and play and that ratings need to be looked at very closely. It is not difficult to look at the brightly coloured sticker that shares what restricted material is shown in the film or game.
As a parent myself, I agree wholeheartedly with your stand!
ReplyDeleteYou may need to add a sentence to finish your second paragraph, though: you start by talking about parents' need to know how easy it is for their children to get hold of stuff, then end with parents not sheltering children and allowing them to experience things gradually. You need something to bridge the two ideas together.
Hi Patrick. I really enjoyed reading this post, and the rest of you argument obviously. I like how you included the image and the hyperlink, your article became interactive and really enjoyable to read.
ReplyDeleteYour last stanza seems to be a bit unsure however, with your statement " I guess the point.." From those lines I felt a little uncertain about your argument. You raised a good point at the end, but I think you should have done more imperatively or with a bit more certainly. For example you could have said. " In this day and age, where kids can get their hands on practically anything, parents need to be playing a more vital role in monitoring what their children or watching or interacting with.
Just a thought, but all in all I found your article interested, especially because you kept your reader involved right throughout.