A new study suggested that parents concerned about children and violence would be better off turning down the volume in the home than turning off the television. Video games make interactive violence fun and television and movies seem to glorify conflict. Neither of these seem to hit as hard as a kid seeing their own parents in a real life fight. Researchers at Case Western Reserve interviewed over 2000 kids between the ages of eight and thirteen. The results show that kids are much more likely to copy the violence they see in real life than the violence they see on television.
Experts say that fighting between parents is particularly damaging.
Kids see their parents as their safety net, their buffer to the world, and that when parents get into conflict that safety is threatened for them, and I think that s very distressing, said Dr. Lisa Armistead, psychologist. Should Know Children exposed to extremely high levels of violence are at high risk of developing psychological trauma, according to a recent study by Case Western Reserve University. The study compared levels of violent exposure in the home, in communities, and in schools to levels of anxiety, depression, anger, posttraumatic stress, and dissociation. Those exposed to the greatest amount of violence, as either victims or witnesses, displayed a significant amount of the symptoms for psychological trauma. Click to see video Kids see their parents as their safety net, their buffer to the world, and that when parents get into conflict that safety is threatened for them, and I think that s very distressing.