American children spend more time watching television than they do engaging in any other activity besides sleeping. On average, children between 2 and 5 years of age watch about 4 hours of TV each day. Not surprisingly, psychologists, educators, and parents are very concerned about influence TV has on children.
One concern regards the violence that pervades much TV entertainment. Children who watch 2 hours of TV daily (which is well below the national average) will see about 8,000 murders and 100,000 other acts of violence by the time they leave elementary school (according to the Amer…
