Violent Media and Child Behaviour: A Study of Parents’ Perspective

The present study is aimed to examine the effect of violent media on child behavior and how the parents look at it. For the study sixty parents (30 mothers and 30 fathers) of school children were selected from the Rohini area of Delhi. All of them belong to middle class families. For data collection a questionnaire of five questions was set. Percentage and Chi-square were used in data analysis. Data analysis clearly shows that parent feel violent media are not suitable for their children. Violent media make children desperate and aggressive.