No single violent movie or video game will make your child violent. What matters is the amount of virtual violence your child witnesses over time.
Since the first motion picture, adults have worried about how children would respond to violent imagery. Now that mobile screens offer kids unlimited access to violent images and videos, we have even more to worry about.
What children see influences how they behave Decades of research link virtual violence to aggressive thoughts, feelings and actions in children. Even though we're still learning about the effects of violent content video games and social media, experts agree that kids are deeply influenced by brutality wherever they experience it.
by signing up you agree to our terms of service 1.) Limit what very young children watch and play. If you have children under age 6, try to exclude violent content. Young children cannot distinguish fantasy from reality. To them, even violence that seems cartoonish to us seems real.
4.) When enjoying entertainment with your child, take time to talk with them about it. Ask how especially violent scenes made them feel. Show interest in their opinions without arguing with them. You can share your own views without suggesting that any single opinion is 100% right or wrong. For example, you might say,"I can understand why that character was angry. But I hate to see people get violent instead of finding other ways to settle their differences.
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