As a mother, I have been worried about this issue ever since my son was a toddler. It seemed that everywhere we went, David was being enticed to watch or participate in some act of make-believe violence;violent arcade games at pizza restaurants; war movies shown at video rental store; violent previews at movie theaters; computer games at friends'house.
As a concerned parent, I began to wonder:
- Do children's " pretend lives " have anything to do with real-world aggression ?
- Do