Violence is widespread. Some children and older people may have some difficulty in distinguishing between fact and fiction. The news media seem overly quick and eager to get our attention by including violence or the results of violence with vivid descriptions and pictures. This gives people the impression that it is much more common than it really is.
Some adults think that violence in certain forms is funny.
I would like to think that being more civilized also means that there will be less violence and bloodshed and killings. Perhaps children exposed to large doses of violence grow up to become different types of adults with different types of value systems and behavior patterns than children who grow up in a different type of environment without much, if any, real violence. These sites for kids can include special highlights. The cycle of violence and children Media Violence and Children Children and violence El Salvador Violence Against Children Palestinian children and violence. Return to first page for ExxNet.