We also need to be aware of the moral and advertising messages that children are seeing and hearing without our supervision. Since children are visual learners, they model both the positive and negative behaviors they see. Children are learning that THE way to resolve conflict is through fighting. They observe and learn that it is acceptable to use violence to resolve conflicts. When children watch the superheroes beating the villains with violence, they learn that fighting is the preferred method of conflict resolution.
Parents are their children's most important teachers.
Do not accept the marketing ploy that watching television violence is okay since it is merely a reflection of our society. I don't know about you, but my view as a parent and a professional is that Hollywood writers rarely have a clue about what non-Hollywood society is truly like. I want to teach my children that there are still important values that we should follow. Children need to learn that violence is not the preferred method of conflict resolution. Parents of today need to take a more active role in teaching their children how to resolve conflict and to get along with others.