Seriously. I remember that part in GTA where the 11 year olds start having sex.
But alas, I've taken tons of courses on media influence, even specifically on children and the media, the theory of which was basically that there are obviously mutiple factors involved in a child's behavior, undeniably the media is one such factor. First, without looking at behavior models, how many people in the US have been to Iraq, and how many would be able to describe what they think Iraq is like based on the media's representation of it? This concept seems irrelevant, but establishes learning from the media, which can be applied to behavior. For example, (i'm sure this doesn't apply to everyone, but you can probably come up with your own example) I've never held a handgun, but I'd say I could have pretty good odds at being able to load and make a handguyn function because of what I've seen in the movies and on TV. Does that mean I'm gonna shoot everyone I know tomorrow? no. There are other factors, such as parental influence (research suggests simply by being present while their kids watch TV or play video games singificantly reduce the chances of the children repeating undesriable behavior.) By have the knowledge of how to do something, the ability to repeat it, and a motive, kids will undeniably mimic behaviors learned from the media. And there are examples of how TV and the media have become crucial to child development. For example, TV and video games are often used as a punishment. When I was doing research I found out there are some parents who specifically get their kids a TV so they can take it away as a punishment. This creates a pedastal for television and establishes it as something that not having access to is supposed to be harmful. In fact, I'll save myself some writing and just copy a chunk on behavior from one of my papers.
There are so many factors that play into aggressive behavior for children. While it may be true that children can see and learn how to commit violent acts, it is not nearly as much of a direct cause and effect.
First of all, the social learning theory provides several other necessary steps that are quite logical. As an example, suppose a child watches a kung fu show and sees someone repetitively doing a kung fu kick on people. First of all, in order for that child to be affected, he has to be paying attention. If the TV is just background noise for his homework, he probably would not even notice the kick. If he is paying attention, he would have to retain that image. This requires being able to understand and interpret that image, as well as imagine how one could perform that action. Supposing he both pays attention and retains the image, he needs to meet the requirements of the reproduction of that action. He would need to be able to kung fu kick, and be able to have a degree, whether imaginatively or physically, of practice with that action. Finally, after achieving all that, the child would need a motivation to replicate that action.
With that alone, obviously TV is not the sole factor, but can still be a significant part of the equation; however, that is not the end of the story. Even presuming that TV violence is a cause of aggression, there is an interesting study that shows that age can also be a factor. There was a study that was looking for any correlating variables for aggressive behavior. It looked at everything from grades in school, to sports they participated in, to hours of TV the kids watched. They checked in on the kids when they were eight, when they were eighteen, and in the late twenties. The only thing that had any correlation to aggressive behavior during each check in was the amount of hours of TV they had watched at age eight, and even that was only true of boys. Obviously, this supports factors like age and gender, and there are studies that focused on other factors like socioeconomic status.
In essence, there are far too many factors that play into aggressive behavior to simply say that TV causes aggressive behavior. At the very least, it depends on the developmental level of the child, and even that statement is arguable, given that the child still needs to go through the entire learning cycle in order to model the behavior on TV.
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) -- The problem was obvious to anyone who looked at the middle-aged woman: After surgery to correct a drooping eyelid, her eyelid was too high. After a second operation, it was too low.
Dr. Michael Migliori had the delicate task of telling the woman she needed a third operation. He began with two words that could make a defense attorney's head explode: I'm sorry.
"In this state," Migliori said in a recent interview, "that can be used essentially as an admission of guilt" if a patient files a malpractice suit.
Lawmakers in Rhode Island and eight other states are now considering bills that would allow physicians to apologize when things go wrong without having to fear that their words will be used against them in court.
At least 27 other states have already passed similar laws, nearly all of them in the past four years, according to the American Medical Association.
The wave of "I'm sorry" laws is part of a movement in the medical industry to encourage doctors to promptly and fully inform patients of errors and, when warranted, to apologize. Some hospitals say apologies help defuse patient anger and stave off lawsuits.
At the same time, many doctors are trained or warned never to admit errors in case a patient sues.
Migliori, an ophthalmic plastic surgeon and lobbyist for the Rhode Island Medical Society, said his patient's drooping eyelid was fixed in the third operation and he wasn't sued. He said that surgical complications sometimes occur and that he doesn't believe he did anything wrong.
The surgeon said that he realizes an apology could come back to haunt him but that he considers saying "I'm sorry" essential to preserving the bond of trust between doctor and patient.
Otherwise, "patients think I'm hiding something, I must have done something wrong," he said.
Apology laws vary by state. In Arizona, Connecticut, Idaho, Maine and 11 other states, doctors can safely apologize to or commiserate with patients or their families about an undesirable or unexpected outcome, according to the AMA.
A law in Vermont exempts only oral statements of regret or apology, not written ones. Illinois gives doctors a 72-hour window to safely apologize after they learn about the cause of a medical mishap.
Providence lawyer Steven Minicucci, who handles malpractice suits, said displays of compassion are rarely useful in building such cases. But an apology and an admission of error could be key evidence. He opposes the Rhode Island legislation.
"I like to call it the 'I'm-sorry-I-killed-your-mother"' bill, Minicucci said. "If a doctor comes out and says something like that, he shouldn't be able to immunize himself against statements like that by couching it in an apology."
Trial lawyers also call Rhode Island's bill unfair and overly broad because it could bar some internal hospital reports on medical errors from becoming evidence.
Boston-based ProMutual Group, which insures 18,000 doctors, dentists and health care facilities in the Northeast, warns its clients against apologies that admit guilt -- even in states that have laws protecting doctors who say they are sorry.
It distributes a tip sheet cautioning doctors against uttering the words "error," "mistake," "fault" or "negligence."
"We encourage physicians to apologize about the outcome, not necessarily for any error that may have occurred," ProMutual spokeswoman Nina Akerley said. "Apology is not about confession."
A GOLD Coast man who claimed his body was regularly taken over by an ancient Egyptian sex god appeared in court yesterday charged with sexually assaulting his teenage stepdaughter.
The 29-year-old man and his 40-year-old wife, an erotic masseuse and "spiritual healer", allegedly had sex with and in front of the 14-year-old girl. The mother also allegedly had sex with the daughter's boyfriend.
Both pleaded not guilty in Southport District Court to nine charges including rape, carnal knowledge and maintaining a sexual relationship with a child.
Opening what he described as a "bizarre" case, Crown prosecutor Peter Nolan said the man claimed to take on the persona of Min, the ancient Egyptian god of sexuality and fertility.
"Min" went into a trance-like state and took commands to perform sex acts on his stepdaughter from the accused woman, who was known as "master" and who called her daughter "the entity", the court was told.
Mr Nolan claimed this was a "charlatan act" so the accused could seduce the girl.
Mr Nolan said most of the alleged offences occurred in the garage of the couple's home, where the woman operated a massage business.
In a statement read to the court, the victim said she was convinced that Min was an "unlimited god" with "special powers" that would make her forget she had been molested as a child, cure her of a cyst and teach her how to have multiple orgasms.
"My mother told me not to be afraid. She said it would change my life forever," she said in the statement.
The victim said she had eventually gone to the police to protect her siblings "so it would never happen to them".
She said she still loved her mother "no matter what". The trial continues.
COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. -- Allegations of staff photographing babies in sexual poses, including one child shown in a suggestive manner and smoking a cigarette, prompted the closure of an employee child day care center at Copper Mountain Resort, state officials said.
The allegations are "ridiculous," said one of the women accused of child abuse.
Whether the pictures were doctored or were taken with the babies posed in that manner is part of an investigation, Colorado Human Services spokeswoman Liz McDonough said Monday.
"If indeed the possibility that this child was photographed in this way, that's serious enough for us to go forward and summarily suspend the license and we can sort the details out later," McDonough said. "Until we are 100 percent certain, in our cases we are going to err on the side of safety."
An Order of Summary Suspension, which in effect shut down the Pumpkin Patch Day Care Center, states that the staff admitted to taking photographs of two babies fighting and a naked baby in a sexually suggestive pose.
"Two staff working in the infant room of the facility took photographs of a baby looking like he was 'shooting a bird' and forcing him to hold his middle finger resulting in the child crying," according to written findings of the order.
The female employees allegedly involved and the supervisor of the facility have been "suspended indefinitely, pending further investigation," according to a release by the resort.
By phone, one of the three suspended women told 7NEWS, "This whole thing is ridiculous. There are no pictures. There's no proof of anything."
7NEWS confirmed she is one of the three suspended but is choosing not to use her name because no arrests have been made during the course of the three-week investigation.
The woman said she believes that she and the others have been unfairly accused by a disgruntled co-worker.
The closing of the Pumpkin Patch Day Care occurred last Thursday on orders from the Colorado Department of Human Services.
In the suspension order, the state finds "substantial evidence exists that a person or persons employed by this child care center have committed an act or acts of child abuse..."
In a statement signed by Stephan Bates, director to the Department of Human Services Office of Children, Youth, and Family Services, some of the allegations include:
"Two staff working in the infant room of the facility took photographs of a baby ... forcing him to hold his middle finger. Staff in the infant room placed a cigarette in an infant's mouth and took a photograph of this. On another occasion, staff at the facility stripped a baby and then took photographs of the baby bent forward showing his backside. At some time in the past, one of the staff carried a naked baby boy and walked around the office showing his genitals while laughing. Staff viewed a Web site of naked men fondling themselves while working at the facility. Took photos of two babies looking like they were fighting. There are reports the staff e-mailed the photos to others. The staff had inappropriate magazines in the infant room, watched movies and used personal laptops while they were responsible for supervising infants in their care,"
The day care is also accused of failing to comply with reporting requirements.
All the allegations are being investigated by Summit County law enforcement officers.
The resort said it has notified the parents of those children known to be directly involved.
Copper Mountain officials are helping the families affected by the closure find alternative day-care locations within the community.
The resort said it is in the process of a thorough review of all day-care policies and procedures to ensure children's health, safety and welfare are protected to the fullest extent possible.
7NEWS found two mothers Tuesday that brought their kids to work with them.
No, it wasn't the clown frm Jhonny's birthday thread.
Yeah, and you best watch yourself talkin' 'bout my woman (I suppose "girl" migth be more approporiate, whatever.), AgentCel, as they say, This Is SPARTA!
AUTHOR'S NOTE: At this point, I'd like to point out that I am only joking. Statutory rape is a serious crime, and pursuing minors in a sexual manner is inappropriate.
As we all know, it is a horrible crime when an older man has sex with a female minor. When a male minor has sex with an older woman, it is considered awesome.
Phony fax gives prisoner almost 2 weeks of freedom
HICKMAN, Kentucky (AP) -- Officials released a prisoner from a state facility after receiving a phony fax that ordered the man be freed, and didn't catch the mistake for nearly two weeks.
Timothy Rouse, 19, is charged with beating an elderly western Kentucky man and was at the Kentucky Correctional & Psychiatric Center in La Grange for a mental evaluation. He was released from that facility on April 6 after officials received the fake court order.
It contained grammatical errors, was not typed on letterhead and was faxed from a local grocery store. The fax falsely claimed that the Kentucky Supreme Court "demanded" Rouse be released.
Lexington police arrested Rouse at his mother's home Thursday evening.
"It's outrageous that it happened," Fulton County Attorney Rick Major said. "I'm just glad nobody got hurt, because he's dangerous."
Police are still investigating who faxed the phony order.
Attorney Carlos Moran, who is representing Rouse, declined to comment.
Prison officials did not notice that the fax came from a grocery store because policies did not require checking the source of a faxed order, said Greg Taylor, the LaGrange facility's director.
"It's not part of a routine check, but certainly, in hindsight, that would perhaps have caused somebody to ask a question," he said. He added that misspellings on orders are common.
Now, now, this is Kentucky we're talking about. When no one went further than fifth grade and the Judge is also the town butcher, getting a fax from the grocery filled with misspellings isn't too unlikely.
Just as long as you're talking about white people. But seriously. I can understand not checking from where it came or overlooking a few typos, but when it's not written on official letterhead, you're not supposed to accept it. Even if it's legitimate, if they forget to use the correct form, you send it back and yell at them.
Avon Park, Fla., is a zero-tolerance kind of place.
On March 28, Desre'e Watson, a 6-year-old kindergarten student at Avon Elementary School, had a bad morning. She cried. She wailed. She kicked. She scratched. She hit a teacher. That's what the police say, anyway.
The police? That's right. To subdue the unruly kindergartner, school officials phoned Avon Park's police department ("committed to enhancing the 'Quality of Life' of the community"). When the cops arrived, young Desre'e attempted to resist arrest by crawling under a table. But Avon Park's finest pulled her out, cuffed her, put her in a police cruiser, drove her to the county jail, and charged this 50-pound menace with a felony and two misdemeanors. The police report is below.
"When there is an outburst of violence," Police Chief Frank Mercurio told a local news station, "we have a duty to protect and make that school a safe environment for the students, staff and faculty. That's why, at this point, the person was arrested regardless what the age." Let's hope his message gets across to those brats in the neonatal wards.
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But alas, I've taken tons of courses on media influence, even specifically on children and the media, the theory of which was basically that there are obviously mutiple factors involved in a child's behavior, undeniably the media is one such factor. First, without looking at behavior models, how many people in the US have been to Iraq, and how many would be able to describe what they think Iraq is like based on the media's representation of it? This concept seems irrelevant, but establishes learning from the media, which can be applied to behavior. For example, (i'm sure this doesn't apply to everyone, but you can probably come up with your own example) I've never held a handgun, but I'd say I could have pretty good odds at being able to load and make a handguyn function because of what I've seen in the movies and on TV. Does that mean I'm gonna shoot everyone I know tomorrow? no. There are other factors, such as parental influence (research suggests simply by being present while their kids watch TV or play video games singificantly reduce the chances of the children repeating undesriable behavior.) By have the knowledge of how to do something, the ability to repeat it, and a motive, kids will undeniably mimic behaviors learned from the media. And there are examples of how TV and the media have become crucial to child development. For example, TV and video games are often used as a punishment. When I was doing research I found out there are some parents who specifically get their kids a TV so they can take it away as a punishment. This creates a pedastal for television and establishes it as something that not having access to is supposed to be harmful. In fact, I'll save myself some writing and just copy a chunk on behavior from one of my papers.
FTW.
Hey now, 15 minutes is pretty damn good for some of us.
State: Day Care Babies Appear In Sexual Poses
Or maybe it's Zule, I really have no idea how to spell his name.
*runs and hides*
AUTHOR'S NOTE: At this point, I'd like to point out that I am only joking. Statutory rape is a serious crime, and pursuing minors in a sexual manner is inappropriate.
Does that count?
What kind of sandwich?
The town's name is HICKMAN, after all.