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Several years ago, I worked my way through college as a law-enforcement officer. During those years there were many times we responded to incidents straight out of the movies. The most comical incident was when we found shoes hanging on all the power lines around town after the opening of the movie "Like Mike". The worst was when several kids were run over because they thought it would be fun to lay down in the middle of the highway, as a dare, to let trucks run over them. Though I do not remember the title, I do remember it was from a movie wherein a group of teenagers lay down in the middle of road so that as 18-wheelers went over them, they lay in between the wheels. Unfortunately, in real life, not all vehicles are as high off the ground as an 18-wheeler is. Unfortunately in real-life life, the kids involved in the incident found out too late. I also remember another incident where a little boy took a .22 pistol to school and shot his best friend. When he was questioned later, he could not understand why the little girl he had shot would not be in class tomorrow or ever gain. His response was that on television people don't die. (I have to assume he was meaning cartoons) A few months ago I spoke with a young lady who was soon to be married. Because of what she had seen on television she was afraid to share her husband's bed.

Although it can be said that these are excessive incidents which can be controlled if parents monitor what their children watch and make certain that their children understand the difference between reality and fantasy, the line between them isn't always easily understood. If one were to examine the dressing habits of young teenagers, a parallel could easily be seen with what is shown on their TV counterparts. This in and of itself is not bad, except that often those TV counterparts are engaging in habits that we as adults know to be dangerous, such as smoking or drinking or sexual intercourse (outside of marriage and at a young age where they are not emotionally mature enough to be responsible for a baby). If these youngsters are copying dressing styles, what are the chances that they will also be mimicking the behavior of those same persons? If you are unsure as to the validity of the points I have made just now, then watch for a moment your children's actions or the actions of children around you and then observe the television programs they view. You will see similarities.

While I do not believe that television

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