Provide kids a healthier lifestyle by taking charge of the media in their lives. Limit viewing, provide choices, and talk about what is being shown. Minnesota Medical Association. TV Violence and Young People. Young people in Australia watch an average of three to fours hours of television daily.
Television can be a powerful influence in developing value systems and shaping behavior.
Unfortunately, much of today's television programming is violent. XX TV Viewing and Parental Guidance. Recent studies of the causes of violence in society provide added support for these concerns. Consumer Guide, No 10, October, 1994. Violence as a Public Health Problem and A Proposed Public Health Response.