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<\/a>Stop Teaching Our Kids To Kill: A Call to Action against TV, Movie & Video Game Violence<\/span>\n<\/div>\nby Lt. Col. Dave Grossman and Gloria Degaetano<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nPaperback:<\/b> 181 pages<\/div>\n
\nPublisher:<\/b> Crown Publishers<\/div>\n
Date Published: 1999<\/b><\/div>\n
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Point: Media violence is contributing to a growing disconnect between violence and its consequences.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Path: Grossman, an expert on military training and former Army Ranger, and Degaetano, an educator, explain statistics, backgrounds, and studies concerning the effect of media violence on children. The demonstrate that media violence contributes to increasing aggression, desensitization, and increased fear. The last third of the book is dedicated to resources and action plans for concerned people.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Sources: Much of what these two present is based on statistics following major slayings in Jonesboro, Paducah, Pearl, Stamps, Conyers, and Littleton. Through a phycological grid they evaluate and explain why they believe these acts were possible.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Agreement: The information is frightening and distressing. The reality is that we are being dessensitized to the reality of violence through what we willing allow in our homes.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Disagreement: One of their foundational beliefs is that children are basically good, and the environment makes them bad (10). I would not employ many of their parenting techniques. They encourage parents to help their children \u201cfeel powerful\u201d without falling to a pseudo-power offered through the media. Children don\u2019t \u201cneed\u201d to feel powerful.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Personal App: This was a frightening, but valuable look at some of the evidence around media violence. It has only gotten much worse in the past 12 years since the book was published. I must be careful about what I allow into my mind. Whatever is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable. If there is any excellence, anything worthy of praise, think about these things.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Stars: 3.5 out of 5<\/span><\/div>\n
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I would look for a newer volume, and one without as many psychological underpinnings.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Stop Teaching Our Kids To Kill: A Call to Action against TV, Movie & Video Game Violence by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman and Gloria Degaetano Product Details Paperback: 181 pages Publisher: Crown Publishers Date Published: 1999 Point: Media violence is … Continue reading