Movies can spoil kids and Encourage violence ......
By GandharD
@GandharD (148)
India
December 5, 2012 9:49am CST
The other day I was watching 'Shootout at Lokhandwala' (Movie about a shootout that really happened in Andheri, a place in Mumbai, India back in 1990) On tv...
My younger brother (8 yrs old) came there and started watching the crime scenes. I wanted to change the channel, I even changed it, but he insisted and cried that he wanted to watch..I had no option but to keep that on...
But I dont know what influenced him so much, the next day he was dressed as a terrorist, with a towel tied over his face (in order to hide it) and was carrying a toy gun in hand.. He wanted to play with me... I joined him...
He pointed the gun at me, And I was Afraid!!!!
Not afraid of that gun....But the serious look in his eyes that he was carrying while holding the gun...
I just prayed that this gun should not become a real gun in future....
The point behind telling this was....
Control your kids/your younger brothers...Teach them the right way to live and do not allow them watch shows/movies, which can affect their brains..Just let them stick to cartoons and Mr.Bean ;) And also please keep an eye on what your kid is doing on the internet...!
Thanks !!
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7 responses
@atv818 (1980)
• United Arab Emirates
5 Dec 12
Which is why you, being the older brother, should take charge of things. So what if he cries, if you cannot give him tough love by spanking him a bit then inform an older relative like your parents or nanny who is authorize to teach him a thing or two with authority. Otherwise, you will really pay the consequences of such neglect.
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@ScotianChaos (9)
• Canada
5 Dec 12
Yes,well,people who blame video games,movies,TV,music etc are the same people who dont take the time to explain to the younger geners that violence against other people is wrong,because letting it influence them without providing boundaries will give them a slanted or shattered view of the world.They are violent and angry for no reason and think it normal.....
this is why parents need to set boundaries and be honest with their kids,because if they dnt explain things to them,they will never learn and the parents wont take responsibility for it,which is why they blame things other than themselves,like movies,music,TV etc.
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@challs12 (548)
• Malaysia
5 Dec 12
Yes your tittle is right, movies can give bad teaching to our kids. But it's difficult to control them from watching it if we don't train them to be more interested in other program like cartoons or playing something instead of watching television.
Though television programs has grade and classification, but it doesn't block kids from opening it and watch any programs provide. So, we the one who should take care the kids from watching the program that not suite their age.
@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
5 Dec 12
I agree, also video games can do the same things to kids. ive seen it her in mexico and in the usa.
@kokomo (1867)
• Philippines
8 Dec 12
Yes, the parent and guardian take an important role in guiding their kids in watching those abusive and crime scenes movies. Because what kid's can see, they consider it as good and tolerable. The parent and guardian should always be watchful with their kid's activities like watching movies and surfing the internet.
@Lovegreen (376)
• Philippines
6 Dec 12
Yeah and a lot of computer games have violence too, you can see the effect on the children the boys especially.
@mzz663 (2772)
• United States
5 Dec 12
It is scarey! Kids are being influenced by things they shouldn't even know about. I know I have seen the movie 'Battle Royale' and talked to kids after they had seen it. Seems instead of them thinking that it is wrong and is not the answer to anything, they start thinking of inventive ways of killing others if they were put in that situation. When they see things on the TV, movies or the news, I think it's sad that things are shown how people did things that were harmful to other people.
