Violent Media is Good for Kids

When I was a child I was always pushed away from watching shows that had intense visual brutality by my parents, but I am not sure if that was the best way for my parents to raise me. I was sheltered away from the real world, what I would be facing when I was older. In this writing “Violent Media is Good for Kids” the author explains that sheltering kids away from feelings that they may have in the future is not a good way to raise them, and I most certainly do agree.  My mom did a fantastic job raising me as a child but I think she should have showed me the violent actions that would happen throughout the world and explain to me if they are a good or bad action to take part in. For example, throughout elementary school and middle school I was made fun of and harassed because I did not know what certain profanity words were. So one day when I came home from school I dropped the “F-bomb” that I herd from one of my friends, I was unaware of what that word meant and did not know the effect that it would have on my family for saying it. Thirty minutes and a soapy tongue latter I knew that it was not a word to say aloud to my family and not a word to use. Gerard Jones does a very good job in his writing by keeping the reader entertained. He starts with personal stories how his parents sheltered him from the violent media and it kept me wanting to read more. He also uses a more relaxed and understanding tone in his writings making it easier to read because it didn’t feel like his ideas were being forced into my head without them wanting to be there. I do feel like his writings could have more statistical evidence so he could back up his ideas with facts but overall it was a good piece of writing.