Not necessarily with preconceived perceptions and prejudices, but rather with a critical awareness that will help determine how they see and interpret things. Television news is dangerous to our children's emotional and psychological health. Graphic coverage of wars, bombings, murders and natural disasters can quite possibly lead to nightmares, depression and other lasting reactions. As adults, we can make concrete choices about what we watch and where we get our information. The world presented to them on TV is usually a lot scarier than the world they actually live in.
Crime statistics go down, yet coverage of crime on TV news increases.
Things are getting worse on TV and all of us, especially our children, are paying a hefty price.