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& UNICEF images of the year 2007 ultraorange.net: Dec 20, 2007 8:42am 12 reviews kids, blogs, children, childhood
http://ultraorange.net/2007/12/17/unicef-images-of-the-year-2007/; The photos chosen by UNICEF as images
of the year are all stunning but this was
different in that the child doesn't come
from a poor family.
He is simply watching TV.

While the comment is made that TV brainwashes
or makes kids into zombies I have often
thought it is far worse than that.
While parents may monitor the programs
they let children watch, far more damage
is being done (in my opinion) by the ads
in between. They are jarringly aggressive.

And videos and DVDs aimed at
kids (or "families") are often saturated
with ads and trailers that assault
the senses from all directions.

Even as a nine-year-old I was traumatised
by my parents' quarrels and fearful
that the foundations of everything
I knew were falling apart.
Imagine what effect shouting, violence
and over-stimulation must have
on much younger children.
Do I need to be a
child psychologist to know it
must be making them agitated?
And am I right in thinking
young kids these days seem
very prone to fits, tantrums
and violent mood changes?