TV may turn four-year-olds into bullies

TV may turn four-year-olds into bullies

TV may turn four-year-olds into bullies
12:54 05 April 2005
NewScientist.com news service
Maggie McKee

Young children who watch a lot of television are more likely to become bullies, a new study reveals. The authors suggest the increasingly violent nature of children's cartoons may be to blame.

The study showed that four-year-olds who watched the average amount of television - 3.5 hours per day - were 25% more likely to become bullies than those who watched none. And children who watched eight hours of television a day were 200% more likely to become bullies.

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