Effect of the violent cartoons

Studies have shown that based on the quality and quantity of cartoons a child watches it will have an impact on a childs behavior be it negative or positive. Some studies show that boys are influenced more by violent cartoons than girls are. Young children do not understand that a cartoon is not based on reality and will tend to act out the violent scene they have seen in the cartoon. Children tend to copy the actions they see in cartoon characters like fighting, hitting, saying bad words and being disrespectful to parents and teachers in the classrooms.

The media is constantly creating new cartoons with increased violence and children do not realize how harmful this is to them. As they sit in front of the television set they are bombarded with images of violence. A typical child watches about 30 hours of television each week. Some of the effects may be that children are less interested in school, they exhibit violent and aggressive behavior, they spend less time interacting with parents and friends, increased anxiety in children, they become more passive and are easily bored by cartoons that contain little or no "action." There definitely is a link between a childs behavior and violent cartoons.

We can also see extreme violence in cartoon movies and video games that children play on a daily basis even though these movies and games come with a rating according to a childs age they still contain some form of violence.

There are some things we can do as parents to limit the amount of violence our children are exposed to. Educational and christian cartoons are a good way to instill positive values in a child. The government has taken steps to increase the amount of educational programming available to children. Set a time limit for the amount of television a child watches and monitor the cartoons they are watching. Become aware of the cartoons that contain violence and replace them with powerful learning programs that teach and uplift a child.