There is perhaps no bigger or more important issue in America at present than youth violence. Columbine, Sandy Hook, Aurora: We know them all too well, and for all the wrong reasons: kids, some as young as eleven years old, taking up arms and, with deadly, frightening accuracy, murdering anyone in their paths. What is going on? According to the authors of Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill, there is blame to be laid right at the feet of the makers of violent video games (called "murder trainers" by one expert), the TV networks, and the Hollywood movie studios--the people responsible for the fact that children witness literally thousands of violent images a day. Authors Lt. Col. Dave Grossman and Gloria DeGaetano offer incontrovertible evidence, much of it based on recent major scientific studies and empirical research, that movies, TV, and video games are not just conditioning children to be violent--and unaware of the consequences of that violence--but are teaching the very mechanics of killing. Their book is a much-needed call to action for every parent, teacher, and citizen to help our children and stop the wave of killing and violence gripping America's youth. And, most important, it is a blueprint for us all on how that can be achieved. In Paducah, Kentucky, Michael Carneal, a fourteen-year-old boy who stole a gun from a neighbor's house, brought it to school and fired eight shots at a student prayer group as they were breaking up. Prior to this event, he had never shot a real gun before. Of the eight shots he fired, he had eight hits on eight different kids. Five were head shots, the other three upper torso. The result was three dead, one paralyzed for life. The FBI says that the average, experienced, qualified law enforcement officer, in the average shootout, at an average range of seven yards, hits with less than one bullet in five. How does a child acquire such killing ability? What would lead him to go out and commit such a horrific act?

Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill : A Call to Action Against TV, Movie and Video Game Violence

Politics & Social Sciences

Grossman, Dave

DeGaetano, Gloria

Social Sciences

Harmony

Are spiritual parents uniquely ordained to lead a movement for wiser use of media and digital devices for our children? Gloria DeGaetano thinks so. In Left to Their Devices . . . What's Left? you will find provocative poems and compelling prayers th

Left To Their Devices . . . What's Left?: Poems And Prayers For Spiritual Parents Doing Their Best In A Digital World (And Leaving God The Rest)

Parenting & Relationships

Parenting

WestBowPress

Media Smarts for Students Grades 3-5

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Innerchoice Pub

Paperback: 112 pages Publisher: Jalmar Pr (September 2003) Language: English ISBN-10: 1931061394 ISBN-13: 978-1931061391 Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.1 x 0.3 inches Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces

Media Smarts for Students Grades K-2

Jalmar Pr

This illuminating investigation takes a fresh look at the role of media in children's lives. An overview of the formidable challenges parents face and creative ways to overcome them are included, as are strategies for turning a home environment from "high-tech" to "high-touch." Moving beyond demonizing the media, this work, like none before it, articulates the difficulties of parenting in our depersonalized society. It offers hopeful alternatives for all parents wanting to protect children from, and teach children about, media's impact.

Parenting Well in a Media Age: Keeping Our Kids Human

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Personhood Press

Wer hat unseren Kindern das Töten beigebracht? Ein Aufruf gegen Gewalt in Fernsehen, Film und Videospielen.

Humor & Entertainment

Television

Freies Geistesleben

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