Link between television violence and violence against childrenChildren watch a lot of television. Television has even become a babysitter. More violence is depicted on television than in previous years. Crime has also steadily increased over the years. Many children have been involved in violent crimes in recent years, and there is a link between televised violence and increased crime. As early as 1960, Leonard Eron and L. Rowell Huesmann, researchers in Columbia County, New York, discovered a link between violence on TV and aggressive behavior in children. Children who see violence on TV show more aggressive behavior from the age of eight. As they grew up and continued to watch violence on TV, the aggressive behavior continued. There appeared to be a cumulative effect in the children's behavior. Being aggressive as a child is a good indicator of the type of behavior we will display as adults. Several studies followed participants over three decades and revealed that those people, who showed the most aggressive behavior at age eight, continued to be aggressive and had the most arrests for violent crimes (Mortimer, 1-4). At the Indiana University Center for Adolescent Studies, researchers asked children what the causes of the fights were. The kids responded with gossip and bullying. The investigation showed that children who exhibited the highest bullying behavior also watched violent episodes on TV, fought, misbehaved at home as well as in the community, and were forcibly disciplined by their parents. Bullies had fewer adult role models and less contact with adults. Furthermore, they did not possess the social skills to cope with co...... middle of paper ......ne. proquest.umi.com. October 3, 2000. Levin, Diane E., and Nancy Carlsson-Paige. "Depower the 'Power Rangers'." Education Digest 61.9 (1996): 1-5. Online. ehostvgw1.epnet.com. October 3, 2000.Mortimer, Jeffrey. “How TV Violence Affects Children.” Education Digest 60.2 (1994): 1-4. Online. ehostvgw1.epnet.com. October 3, 2000. Richey, Warren. “Group Enlists Parents to Fight TV Violence.” Christian Science Monitor 88.245 (1996): 1-2. Online. ehostvgw1.epnet.com. October 3, 2000. Institute on Media and Family in Minneapolis,” accessible on the Internet at www.mediaandthefamily.org “TV Violence and Kids.” Education Digest 62.1 (1996): 1-4. Online. ehostvgw1.epnet .com. October 3, 2000. Zuckerman, Mortimer B. "Victims of Television Violence" US News & World Report 115.5 (1993): online ehostvgw1.epnet.com. 2000.