Some people think that if children watch violent images on television, they may try to copy the things they see. As a result, they could behave more violently towards other people. While it is sometimes true that children love to copy some of the violence they see in the games they play, they generally know the difference between real and imaginary violence. For example, some children love kung fu movies and television shows. They often like to play at fighting each other and they copy the scenes they watch on TV. Yet, most of these children do not grow up to be violent. Another argument against allowing children to watch violent TV programmes is that these programmes could make them frightened, or give them nightmares. However, there is a difference between imaginary violence, such as cartoons, and real violence, such as police dramas or the TV news. For example, most children might laugh at the violence in a funny cartoon, but be disturbed by seeing a child being beaten in a news report. For this reason, parents need to consider what is appropriate for their own child, and select programmes carefully.
有些人认为，如果孩子在电视上观看暴力影像，他们可以尝试复制他们所看到的东西。结果，他们可以更暴力地对待别人。有时，孩子们喜欢模仿他们在游戏中所看到的一些暴力，他们一般都知道真实和想象中的暴力之间的区别。例如，一些孩子喜欢功夫片和电视节目。他们经常喜欢打对方，他们在电视上看到他们的场景。然而，大多数这些孩子并没有变得暴力。反对让孩子们观看暴力电视节目的另一种说法是，这些节目可以使他们受到惊吓，或给他们做噩梦。然而，虚构的暴力，如漫画，暴力，如警察电视剧或电视新闻之间有一个区别。例如，大多数的孩子可能会在一个有趣的卡通动画，但被不安看到一个孩子被殴打的新闻报道。为此，家长们需要考虑自己的孩子是什么，仔细选择方案。