It isn't real. We're just playing. They say their pretend violence is different from real fighting. But teachers say that when kids pretend to fight like TV characters and imitate the violence on TV, other kids often really get hurt. And sometimes kids seem surprised when this happens.
Some kids agree they're surprised when someone gets hurt.
They say they're the good guys and good guys have to fight bad guys, that's why they fight. Teachers see that a lot of little kids look up to good guy TV characters and want to do what they do. So the teachers think violent TV shows can teach kids that it's okay to fight and hurt people. We are concerned about how violence in the media and toys marketed with violent TV shows are teaching violence to children. Dear Kids, We're sixth and seventh graders in Youth Enlightening Youth.