It’s really interesting to see how much media really does affect children. The idea that children are influences by what they see other people do really began with a study conducted by Bandura. This study really showed how much children imitate what they see. I feel like today children are going up so much faster than in the past. There is much more media that is readily available to them. I can remember the first time I really used a computer on my own. I think I was in the 6th or 7th grade but I had no idea what I was doing. Today there are toddlers that know how to turn on a computer. Shows today show so much more than they ever use to. I think parents really need to pay attention to what kind of TV shows their children watch. When I was younger my mom would pick me up from kindergarten and we would have lunch and watch her favorite soap-opera. We watched it every day when I got home from school until one day I asked her what they were doing underneath the sheets. Needless to say we stopped watching it. Kids are very observant and they pick up on things very quickly. They aren’t as innocent as they use to be. Would you agree that children are growing up faster than the use too? Children today are not only seeing more but they are trying more. Kids are having sex at a younger age and it doesn’t stop there. I think we need to be careful as to how much we expose our children to the ‘real world.’
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