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Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill : A Call to Action Against TV, Movie and Video Game Violence

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Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill
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Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill : A Call to Action Against TV, Movie and Video Game Violence
Dave Grossman , and Gloria Degaetano
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Release Date: 1999-10-05

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There is perhaps no bigger or more important issue in America at present than youth violence. Jonesboro; Paducah; Pearl, Mississippi; Stamps, Arkansas; Conyers, Georgia; and, of course, Littleton, Colorado. We know them all too well, and for all the wrong reasons: kids, some as young as eleven years old, taking up arms and, with deadly, frightening accuracy, murdering anyone in their paths. What is going on? According to the authors of Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill, there is blame to be laid right at the feet of the makers of violent video games (called "murder trainers" by one expert), the TV networks, and the Hollywood movie studios--the people responsible for the fact that children witness literally thousands of violent images a day.

Authors Lt. Col. Dave Grossman and Gloria DeGaetano offer incontrovertible evidence, much of it based on recent major scientific studies and empirical research, that movies, TV, and video games are not just conditioning children to be violent--and unaware of the consequences of that violence--but are teaching the very mechanics of killing. Their book is a much-needed call to action for every parent, teacher, and citizen to help our children and stop the wave of killing and violence gripping America's youth. And, most important, it is a blueprint for us all on how that can be achieved.

In Paducah, Kentucky, Michael Carneal, a fourteen-year-old boy who stole a gun from a neighbor's house, brought it to school and fired eight shots at a student prayer group as they were breaking up. Prior to this event, he had never shot a real gun before. Of the eight shots he fired, he had eight hits on eight different kids. Five were head shots, the other three upper torso. The result was three dead, one paralyzed for life. The FBI says that the average, experienced, qualified law enforcement officer, in the average shootout, at an average range of seven yards, hits with less than one bullet in five. How does a child acquire such killing ability? What would lead him to go out and commit such a horrific act?

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Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill.......2007-05-17

This book hits upon a topic that has become severe in this country; youth violence. It discusses many avenues that contribute to our youth using violence against each other. It brings to light numerous strategies that parents, teachers, and other adult agencies can use to decrease, if not completely vanish, the violence seen in our youth. Fantastically written, this book is a must read for anyone who has kids, deals with kids, or is just a member of our society.

WTF!!!!!.......2007-05-14

OK 1st of all I am 24 years old for starts. NOw I grow up on violent video games, gory movies, etc etc. Now I grow up just fine and I am not violent at all. I don't fill that violent video games or movies etc are the problems here. I think the problems start at home. I still at age 24 love to play video games and watch way goryer movies then saw. I know most of you people out there think this is bad. Well how come places like japan have harderly no crime rate and yet they have games over here that are the same that anyone can play in the us? They also have movies over here that are really gory. So tell me why are kids like that in the us? YOu know why kids are like that because you tell them they shouldn't do it. THat is the problem with the us. YOu tell kids not to do it and what is the 1st thing they want to do? The thing you told them not to do!!! YOu so called smart people you really don't know what are talking about!!!! You people need to go back to school and pull your heads out of your A@#!!!!!!!!!!!! I am glade I moved to japan to get away from all you dumb people!!!!! All you people need to get a life and leave my stuff alone!!!

Important as Today's Headlines.......2007-03-19

Lt Col Grossman spent a lifetime studying what made soldiers more efficient killers in combat and able to survive. His work extended in to the world of police officers. With a worldwide reputation Grossman is the goto guy.

And then Grossman turned his focus on the army of deadly young killers. Killers who achieve far better performance than police officers in combat. Somewhere in their "training" was a mechanism that turned off the moral control system and honed their responses. As one young killer explained why he first killed his enemies and then his friends, he was on a roll.

Bound to be opposed by Hollywood, the electronic games folks and others, Grossman has the credentials that demand attention from balanced readers.

Today April 16, 2006 his message is more relevant than ever before. Give knowledge a chance.

Highly recommended.

I am stunned that in the thousands of hours of coverage devoted to the Virgina this topic has not been discussed.

Better to read up on both sides of the issue.......2007-01-10

My personal opinion is this book is a classic example of something created to prove a pre-conceived point rather than investigate or discuss an issue with an unbiased agenda. I normally don't like to start ranting about these sorts of things, but I found myself wondering if the book was written solely with the thought of "oh here is an easy knee-jerk, push-button issue I can write a book on to make a few bucks." I think it was the way the book pushed the "Oh my God! Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children" mentality way too much. After a while it gets old and seems disingenuous.

If you are interested in the media violence issue I do think you should read this book, but only as long as you also read "Media Violence and its Effect on Aggression: Assessing the Scientific Evidence" by Jonathan L. Freedman and "Killing Monsters Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence" by Gerard Jones; two books that look at the issue from other angles. Even if you have already made up your mind on where you may stand on the issue, it doesn't help if you don't follow the discussion and arguments presented from both sides of the fence.

This book should be widely read.......2005-12-06

This book approaches the phenomenon of media violence in three parts. First, it points to the rising crime rate in America, during a period of declining racial violence, soaring incarceration rate, terrific advances in police technology, advanced medical technology, faster first-response medical help, and an increasingly educated populace. Yet violent crime has skyrocketed (Aggravated assault, to take one example, was 80/100,000 in 1960, and is about 400/100,000 today), and the muder rate has remained level. To see how far medical advances have come and to illustrate how the murder rate should be declining, the authors point out that that a wound that 9 times out of 10 killed in WWII was survived 9 times out of 10 in Vietnam.

The relationship between these trends and violent media is not one of pure speculation, but of methodical study. There have been thousands of studies on the relation, virtually all of which have concluded a link between violent media and violent behavior. One of the most interesting studies related took place in an area where there were four villages, all without television. Researches went in and observed for two weeks children on the playgrounds in these villages, and recorded all instances of physical aggression. Then televisions were brought into two of the villages. New researchers, unaware of the goal of their research, were brought in to again observe the children. Levels of aggression remained constant in the villages without television, and increased 160% in the villages with television.

The second part of this book talks about how watching violent media actually affects us. It does so in 3 ways:

1. It incites fear in us. Violent crimes are much, much more common in TV-world than in the real world. We subconsciously internalize this danger, and become more fearful of others than we would be if we weren't so hyperaware of violence, and didn't expect violence to be so common.
2. It desensitizes us. The more violence we watch, the less is affects us physically. The level of violence that excites a person's body to a certain point must continually increase to keep effecting the same reaction. As we become hardened to violence and horror on the screen, we also become jaded, without realizing it, to real-life violence.
3. It makes us more aggressive. A person who watches violent media, when presented with a conflict situation, is more liable to think of a violent solution as a viable one, and quicker to resort to such a solution

The third part of this book deals with video games, which have much the same effect as violent TV and movies. Further, however:

1. They train players to kill. Michael Carneal, a 14 year old kid who had never fired a gun before, went on a spree one day. 8 shots to 8 people, all in the head or upper torso. This inexperienced kid killed like a Special Forces vet. Video games didn't make him kill, but he (and many others) could never have been so deadly without them.
2. Video Games lower the resistence to killing. One of the greatest innovations in military technology between WWII (where on average 15% of soldiers actually fired at the enemy) and Vietnam (90% fire rate) was the movement from bulleyes to silouhettes in targeting practice. Video games are even better. Playing them, one becomes used to shooting at human figures. A first person shooter player just doesn't have same the resistence to shooting another human as a non-player.

In sum, video games don't make people kill, but they do make them damn good at it, and they do lower internal resistences which might otherwise prevent someone from killing.

I said that there were three parts in this book, but there is actually a fourth. Both authors are parents, and end the book in practical advice about how to talk to kids about simulated violence.

If you watch a lot of violent media or play a lot of violent video games, this book does call for some self-examination. It is difficult, however. How can you tell if you are desensitized? How can you tell if you are fearful, or aggressive? I can only say that I have, long before reading this book, been finding myself more senstive to violence, less aggressive, and less fearful of other's aggression since I have stopped watching TV and stopped playing video games.

Parenting in Contemporary Society (4th Edition)

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Preventing Teen Violence: A Guide for Parents and Professionals (Contemporary Psychology)

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Ever since the killings at Columbine High School created a renewed focus on the problems of adolescent aggression, professionals in education, criminal justice, and social services have been seeking ways to curb its rising tide. This volume examines adolescent aggression from many perspectives--biological, psychological, and social--and analyzes some of the contributing factors to this growing problem. Written by internationally recognized experts in adolescent psychology, this book not only covers the causes of teen violence but, more important, offers solutions. McCarthy, Hutz, and their contributors reveal the precursors to violent behavior, and provide strategies for working with adolescents to prevent future violence. The symptoms and strategies are described clearly in a way that can be understood and adapted by parents, schools, social service agencies, and criminal justice institutions. Topics include: substance abuse; suicide and self-harm; sexual aggression; anger management and impulse control; gang violence; school violence; bullying; resilience; and increasing critical thinking skills. This book is a must-read for anyone who lives, works, or comes in contact with youth.

Black Fathers in Contemporary American Society: Strengths, Weaknesses, And Strategies for Change

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Black Marriage and Fatherhood by the Numbers

Black Fathers in Contemporary American Society: Strengths, Weaknesses, And Strategies for Change

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The majority of African American children live in homes without their fathers, but the proportion of African American children living in intact, two-parent families has risen significantly since 1995. Black Fathers in Contemporary American Society looks at father absence from two sides, offering an in-depth analysis of how the absence of African American fathers affects their children, their relationships, and society as a whole, while countering the notion that father absence and family fragmentation within the African American community is inevitable. Editors Obie Clayton, Ronald B. Mincy, and David Blankenhorn lead a diverse group of contributors—encompassing a range of disciplines and ideological perspectives—who all agree that father absence among black families is one of the most pressing social problems today. In part I, the contributors offer possible explanations for the decline in marriage among African American families. William Julius Wilson believes that many men who live in the inner city no longer consider marriage an option because their limited economic prospects do not enable them to provide for a family. Part II considers marriage from an economic perspective, emphasizing that it is in part a wealth-producing institution. Maggie Gallagher points out that married people earn, invest, and save more than single people, and that when marriage rates are low in a community, it is the children who suffer most. In part III, the contributors discuss policies to reduce absentee fatherhood. Wornie Reed demonstrates how public health interventions, such as personal development workshops and work-related skill-building services, can be used to address the causes of fatherlessness. Wade Horn illustrates the positive results achieved by fatherhood programs, especially when held early in a man's life. In the last chapter, Enola Aird notes that from 1995 to 2000, the proportion of African American children living in two-parent, married couple homes rose from 34.8 to 38.9 percent—a significant increase indicating the possible reversal of the long-term shift toward black family fragmentation.

Black Fathers in Contemporary American Society provides an in-depth look at a problem affecting millions of children while offering proof that the trend of father absence is not irrevocable.

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Black Marriage and Fatherhood by the Numbers.......2006-11-07

This book uses numbers to encourage black men to marry and be full-time fathers. The contributors are both male and female. In some articles, race is just tacked in: "Fatherlessness is a problem in America, oh yeah, especially in black communities."
This book was written by numbers crunchers and will only impress those who have full faith in numbers. There is no advice about how to get a dad to pay child support. There is no suggestions on how to get a man or father to propose to a woman. The final third of the book looks at fatherhood initiatives. It tries to apply practice to theory, but it is not simplistic. It too is very academic.
This book says children, including black children, are financially and emotionally better off in married-couple homes than single-headed (usually by the mother) homes. Still, the book is not sexist. It never makes essentialist claims like "Only a black man can raise a black son!" The book never brings up interracial marriage; the tacit suggestion is that when a black man marries, it will be with a black woman. Readers in interracial unions may feel wrongfully overlooked in this book. The book is heterosexist in many ways. Contributors lament that all black men aren't married without remembering that some black men wouldn't want to marry any woman and those black men in love with each other are not legally allowed to marry in most states. One contributor even writes, "Married men do better in the employment arena because employers know they are heterosexual." The homophobia of said employers is never condemned or commented upon.
Though not a huge book, it may be hard for some to follow. I found myself being informed about topics A, B, C, and D, but never understanding how the authors try to connect A to D. I saw many trees but never really understand how the forest was being grown. This book continually says class-privileged, employed black men are the most likely of their group to get and stay married; I think this group is also the people most likely to read this book (and pat themselves on the back).

State and Family in Singapore: Restructuring a Developing Society (Anthropology of Contemporary Issues)

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Growing Up American: Contemporary Children and Their Society

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The Wilding of America: Greed, Violence, and the New American Dream (Contemporary Social Issues)

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Excellent - everyone should read.......2005-09-13

I found out about this book in my sociology class. My teacher gave us a xeroxed chapter to read about how every man for himself. It is so true.. Our society is very "wild" and we need to pay attention to what Mr. Derber has to say. This is from the man in the street up to the corporate, and even to the country's executive level that controls our laws. I am also reading Derber's book "In pursuit of Attention". His books are easy to read and offer much insight to what our society has become. The main point of his book is.. we need to pay attention, discover who we really are, and learn how to survive in a world that really does not play by our own rules. And understand, we need to do something about the animals that manifest our society. Read it yourself.. you will be enlightened as to what really is happening...

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