Editor’s Note: The following story was written by a student in
the Urban Youth International Journalism Program in partnership
with Luke O’Toole Elementary School in Chicago’s Bronzeville
neighborhood. Television does affect children’s behavior because
children are influenced by what’s around them. When I turn on my
television, I see violence, people doing things that they
shouldn’t be doing and hear profanity. According to the
University of Maine, violence in the media, on television
programming, video games and movies is a growing concern. In the
movies and videos that some kids have access to, they see a lot
of bad people doing bad things and hear a lot of profanity. An
example of this would be in some movies and/or videos you can
see rappers with money who are treating women badly. When a
child sees this, they think that type of behavior is OK. They
think it’s OK to talk the way they do and act the way they do. A
lot of time, they act out the things they see in school, and
that affects other kids. It’s no