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How can we explain the fact that millions of kids watch violent TV shows and remain nonviolent? If there is a TV–violence link, how can we explain the fact that violence rates may have been higher in the Old West than they are today? Do you think kids in violent gangs stay home and watch TV shows?

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Kids are most vulnerable to the examples they receive from their immediate caretakers (example, parents, tutors, etc.) Their immediate environment plays a more deterministic role in their behaviour than their hobbies. For example, if a kid is raised in a lovely and supporting family he/she could engage in violent videogames for fun, and not for rehearsal issues (thinking he/she is actually killing). So the early history (wether he suffer any kind of physical/psychological abuse) and the kind of family (wether they are supportive or punitive) plays a critical role in supporting previolent behaviours that videogames or other stuff migth help to develop later on.

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