Children see, children do
June 9th, 2008
This video, while old, is still totally relevant today. It shows how natural it is for children to mimic everything they see adults do, even the stuff we wish they wouldn’t.
For me, this is probably the most poignant example of why our society is so bass ackwards in that violence is so commonplace in the media, whereas there are strict limitations on showing sex, or even naked bodies. Even cartoons and other shows geared toward children are super violent. And people wonder why teenage boys, like those at Columbine High School, see violence as an option to solve their problems. Aggression as a conflict resolution tactic is modeled in almost every facet of our society. What a tragedy.
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