I apologize for not being more clear. I am not suggesting that today’s children are more violent due to media and society BUT there is a slight possibility among others. I do appreciate the facts that you have, however every generation purports this, or something similar because it does hold some truth. While crime and violence may increase or decrease, the fact is, there is still crime and violence. This is just a possible reason as to why. A lot of the things that our children are exposed to are IN FACT inappropriate. A lot of these inappropriate acts are right in the home on our television and YES there are child and adult appropriate television shows, I wonder what their ratings are though compared to reality TV, or a lot of the other shows that are popular now.

The “knowit” blog strives to positively impact the lives of Oklahoman’s. Being a good parent is hard work and we could all use a little insight or help. What may be common sense to one may not be common sense to another. There may be parents out there that may not be aware of how much of an affect TV is on their children. I just wanted to put this out there, we have to be more careful because truth is, they are allowing a lot more on TV now vs what used to be allowed.

I can reconcile your facts with my presuppositions because yes crime and violence may be decreasing, but that is not the only issue that we see in this generation or in previous generations. We still have pregnancy, depression, and high drug usage among teens and children which also can be viewed right on TV.

I am confident that we both agree on one thing, and that is, children should not be exposed to adult programming so as parents, aunts, uncles, big brothers and sisters, etc. We have to be more careful.

Below is a link from the department of justice that shows the rate of victims per population of 1,000. See how it is decreasing?

http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/glance/tables/viortrdtab.cfm

Now, I’ll admit that violent crime rates are up in 2012 to 22.5 victims per 1000 people; however, that is still less than half of what it was in the seventies.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/17/us/violent-crime/index.html

Do you think perhaps that the more logical explanation is that your perception of the rate of violence is skewed because of the bombardment of a 24 hrs news cycle and this violent media, i.e. movies and cartoons?

How do you reconcile these facts with your presuppositions? Maybe our children are perhaps more peaceful than the preceding generation? The evidence seems to indicate this.

Thanks for this Timeka.