TV Violence and its Effects When children are taught how to tie their shoes, it is because their parents showed them. When children are taught how to do math problems it is because their teachers show them. So who teaches children as young as young as six to bring a gun to school and shoot people? The culprit is TV. Questions about the effects of television violence have been around since the beginning of television. …showed first 75 words of 1363 total…

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