Frankly, mass media is too prevalent. If five year olds know how to successfully use a computer, what else are they learning? The book mentioned intergenerational eavesdropping, when a child hears an adult topic on television, and is curious and eager to learn about what it is. Intergenerational eavesdropping is not something that should be happening. Media is stripping away the youth of today’s children, not because of irresponsible parents who don’t block their children’s eyes from inappropriate television, but because children are getting to be too smart and tech savvy for their own good. Media’s effects change the behavior in these children entirely. Those children who spend their lives in front of the television only result in detrimental effects. This is certainly not to bash television or all media, however inappropriate things should be kept away from children. Therefore, their behavior will not change and this new generation will not only eventually be tech savvy, but they will not age before their time.
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