I set about finding the answers to these questions, and the results so alarmed me that I decided to quit my job as a journalist and devote my life to this issue.
The first thing I learned is this: Whereas aggression is a part of human nature, violence is a learned behavior. Children learn violent behavior and values by imitation, like they learn everything else.
The second thing I learn is that children who are under the age of eight cannot separate fact from fiction: That is why they worry about monsters under their beds. This is also the reason that children mat not understand why it is acceptable for television characters to continually hit, kick and shoot each other-but is not acceptable for children to behave in this way in school.