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The influence of the media on the psychosocial development of children is profound thus it is important for physicians to discuss with parents their childs exposure to media and to provide guidance on age appropriate use of all media including television radio music video games and the internet. Children who consistently spend more than 4 hours per day watching tv are more likely to be overweight kids who view violent acts on tv are more likely to show aggressive behavior and to fear that the world is scary and that something bad will happen to them teens who play violent video games and apps are more likely to be aggressive. The media is used by children as an agent of socialisation on their knowledge childrens news media use social intructions acquaintances function as primary sources of causal effects for each other thus the medias effects are getting more and more important in the childrens educational system almost more than the parental upbringings. The more sexual content that kids see on television the earlier they initiate sexual activity the more likely they are to regret their early sexual experiences and the more likely they are to have an unplanned teen pregnancy