In television shows today children are being shown it is okay to be disrespectful and bullies. The way children are told to act on shows is repulsive because it is setting a poor example for all the children watching the television show. Two great channels targeted at children who present children in this manner are Disney channel and Nickelodeon.
A great example from the Disney channel is the show “Good Luck Charlie” the younger sibling Gabe and neighbor Jo speak to each other. In this YouTube clip it expresses how disrespectful they speak to each other. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LQAHHvOS5s. Calling Gabe stupid continuously just makes her seem unmannered and the stunt she pulled at the end makes her seem like a bad child.
Another example of how the media makes children seem disrespectful and rude is the show iCarly on Nickelodeon. Sam who is Carly’s best-friend on the show is sassy to everyone and is constantly bully others around her. Sam is supposed to the tough one in the couple and uses physical violence in many situations. Also she is very insulting to people for making no comments at all. This clip has Sam fighting another girl and in the end Sam gets praise for beating up another girl. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBy79eLeGAQ. This clip demonstrations violence and is giving an excuse to viewers that fighting is an answer yet in any school fighting/bulling is not tolerated.
Television shows need to start monitoring what we want the next generation to turn out to be and not have cheap entertainment. Television makes an impact especially since we are pretty much always around one. Children need to start using manners in shows so that parents rightfully get the respect they deserve.
In all if we didn’t have these characters in these shows we wouldn’t have to deal with the drastic sassiness and bullying issues would limit because children would learn at a younger age that is not okay.
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