What's your view on violence in prime-time TV shows? Do you try and restrict what your young children watch?

Its the norm these days. no.

Children viewing violence on television can become less sensitive to the pain and suffering of others, become more fearful of the world around them and be more likely to behave in aggressive or harmful ways towards others. In other words violent behavior teaches children step by step, how to commit violent acts, and it desensitizes them to the horror of such behavior and to the feelings of the victims. Children who view television violence can become violent and even behave differently after they've been watching violent programs on television. In the end their are many detrimental effects of television so parents should monitor and be more attentive to their children lives and steer them in the right direction.

Fortunately, no one in our family watches prime-time TV nonsense any more. That said, there is no restriction in any form regarding the media consumption of our daughter. It doesn't mean we don't care, we do keep an eye on what she watches. The important point is that she can always talk to us when she gets into contact with disturbing (not only violent) content. When you put up barriers, children will try to circumvent them just out of curiosity, but as a result they will not be able to talk their parents easily, because they first have to admit they broke the rules. Leaving our children alone digesting excessive violence (both physical and mental, btw!) is one of the worst failures we can commit in education.

Last but not least, many programs aimed at children are incredibly violent as well, albeit typically in a less striking form. It's important to talk about this violence as well.

It is the product of sick, sick minds. It makes the society violent. Even Disney shows have that awful American put-down "humor" throughout.

more important than what they watch is how much time parents spend with their children teaching them right from wrong.

Violence begets violence, n this baby-boomer's opinion. And no one can prove me wrong.

FIrst. A disclaimer. I don't watch prime time TV. But I DO KNOW that there were some great shows I bingewatched about five years ago, and I noticed pretty quickly that violence against women was a lot more prevalent than violence against men. Crime shows, horror and superhero type shows....

It is a turn-off, and once you see the formula, it is distracting to be able to pick out the victims in the first few minutes of a show. Misogyny is dumb. Like racism is dumb.

I don't mix my violence with my drama. I appreciate games that have stupid gratuitous violence... as cartoonish type stuff. I also appreciate dramas, but violence for dramatic effect is like using flatulence for humor. It is cheap.

Even Disney shows have that awful American put-down "humor" throughout

Glad you wrote that, I agree.