 |   | Intervention by Category
Movies/television top the list of "past month
intervention" occasions for most parents, followed by music. Nearly 1 in 5 parents also said they needed to intervene in their child visiting someone else's home where they questioned the rules.
Reason for Intervention
| Base: All Respondents: |
Dads (82) |
Moms (83) |
Grandparents (108) |
| A movie or television show that you considered
to be too violent? |
42% |
46% |
16% |
| Playing or purchasing a video or CD-ROM game
you thought might be too violent? |
14% |
13% |
7% |
| A website that you consider to have a violent
theme or content? |
11%% |
6% |
1% |
| Social Situation (net) |
16%% |
22% |
13% |
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It is becoming increasingly clear through research on the brain as well as in other areas of study, that childhood needs play. Play acts as a forward feed mechanism into courageous, creative, rigorous thinking in adulthood.
--Tina Bruce, Professor, London Metropolitan University
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