“VOILENT MEDIA IS GOOD FOR KIDS” BY GERALD JONES Jones essay talks about the effect of violent media on children. Jones embarked on this research in order to prove a point. Violent media is always seen as being harmful to children, which he decided to have a research done on it. Jones talks about how parents are criticized of bad parenting because they permit their kids to watch violent programs. Through jones’ research, he makes his point that, violent media shouldn’t be also seen as negative to children but rather help shape their lives in a productive way. An example could be kids with timid attitude are most likely to be bullied, so when they engage in watching violent programs, they are able to know when and how to retaliate. Firstly,