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When Tom catches Jerry , he either ties the mouse in a ceiling fan or attempts to put it inside his mouth . Most of the time , however , Tom gets the perilous and unfortunate parts like swallowing a bomb , burned into ashes , glued to a flying rocket , swiped by a toy plane , flattened with a mallet or mauled by a huge bulldog . The actions and stunts from this innocent cartoon , and from other cartoons shown in television as well , may become a model ' for an older child when his urge to play with his younger

sibling arises . As shown in the 1996 study by NTVS , 66 of the children 's programming contained violence , 75 of which was unpunished violence , and 58 of the victims due to this violence did not report experiencing pain . Children , particularly the younger ones , do not have well-developed ability to distinguish reality from fantasy so it is hard for them to realize the danger or harm if they act out or imitate the actions they see in cartoons . Foul language used on cartoon films is another concern by parents . Words like stupid , dimwit numbskull , imbecile , loser and peabrain uttered by their favourite cartoon characters , more often than not , make young televiewers to call each other names and , to some extent , disrespect authority . Use of foul language usually causes verbal argument and fistfight among the children

Whether we like it or not , most cartoons nowadays are laced with fight scenes and bad language . The children are the most susceptible target of these because they spend much of their time in front of television every day . The developing mind of a young child is like a sponge , absorbing everything . The tendency is that he imitates what he sees and hears from the screen which may hurt others or himself . Violence...

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