To what extent is Othello and Desdemonas relationship doomed from the start in William Shakespeares play Othello?

Authors Avatar

Are Children being

Pressured to grow up too soon

because of the Influence of the Media?

        In my opinion children are being forced to grow up too soon because of the influence of the media and other factors such as peer pressure and parents who sometimes allow children too much freedom. Despite these factors children are still growing up faster because of the education provided in schools. They are making children think about issues that in the past would not have concerned them such as the dangers of Internet. Most children put pressure on their parents and force them to buy them branded clothes, and the parents feel they have no choice but to do so, to make their children happy. The children are also scared of getting bullied for the way they dress if they are considered unfashionable and therefore branded clothes become essential. No matter where children go, today they cannot avoid the media. At home the television has adverts, and on the Internet pop up adverts appear on the screen. Outside the house there are billboards and posters on the buses and walls. Even when parents make an effort to protect them from its effects as we saw in the Panorama video, “2 much 2 young” the media still makes its mark. Children also want to grow up more quickly to be like someone they admire either a celebrity or someone in the family.

        Young children from the age of 8 – 12 years old (tweens) often read magazines to learn things about the adult world. The magazine producers think that girls of those between ages are interested in make – up, boys, fashion, phones, and celebrities. The way the magazines present the pictures of young girls and celebrities makes the readers think that make – up and branded clothes are the norm. Some celebrities like Britney Spears are shown only half dressed. Tweens therefore may copy these styles, which look tacky at their age. Some magazines such as ‘Shout’ talk about issues that teenage girls worry about or do, but the magazine is for 8 – 12 year olds and not teenagers. Some magazines talk about sex and may encourage tweens to have sex at a young age. The choice of models in such magazines in such magazines is also a cause for concern since most are stick thin, which puts pressure on girls to look this way. As we know dieting can lead to diseases like anorexia and bulimia.

Join now!

Magazines often talk about television programmes that some tweens are not allowed to watch. Some soap’s broadcast before the watershed and display nudity, swearing, and violence. The children may copy what they see and here and this can lead to behaviour problems. The age rating for films are going down, so children are getting to see things that are unsuitable for them and parents do not seemed to be concerned because they think that professionals know what they doing, and so they trust them. But the film rating people just want money, so by putting the ratings of films ...

This is a preview of the whole essay