Why the Media Has Such a Powerful Influence over Our Children Children are influenced greatly by what they see in entertainment media. It’s a known fact that children learn by observing, emulating, and making actions their own. It is believed that children younger than 8 years of age are at their most influential stage of adolescences and can not distinguish the difference between fantasy and reality. Therefore, children are very susceptible to learning and adopting …showed first 75 words of 640 total…

…showed last 75 words of 640 total…sells, we can try and monitor what our children are exposed to and guide them and talk to them about what they are seeing when they are exposed to negativity in the media. We cannot expect the media to set good examples for our children, nor can we expect entertainers to be good role models. There is definitely no other way around it; parents will always be the highest influence in our children’s lives.