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Entertainment Industry Unfairly Blamed for Violence
Violence in New York City is at its lowest since the 60’s, according to a recent New York Times investigative report (“New York Killers, and Those Killed, by the Numbers”, Jo Craven McGinty, New York Times, 4.28.06). Why? It is taken as a matter of faith by the social sciences that violent entertainment causes violence in real life, and violence in entertainment is at an all time high. So why do violence statistics continue to go down as violent entertainment goes up?
Izzy Kalman, a Nationally Certified School Psychologist from New York City and maverick expert in bullying, has been claiming for years that the entertainment industry is being unfairly blamed for violence in society. In general, Kalman claims, there is an inverse relationship between violence in entertainment and violence in real life. Most people who live with true violence in their daily lives do not want to watch it on the screen.
People love to complain about the dangers of violent entertainment, but would hate to actually get rid of it. What are we going to watch? Good things happening to people? People being polite to each other? That’s not entertaining; that’s boring. It would make us depressed, as we wonder “When is it going to be my turn to have something good happen?” Kalman says most people love shows with a happy ending. But we only want the ending to be happy. The rest of the story has to be full of misery.
Social scientists have had a dismal record in solving social problems, so it is convenient to blame them on entertainment. Kalman says that divorce does far more damage to children than any other social factor, but the social sciences have failed to stem the tide of divorce. Most couples who go for marriage counseling end up divorced. The divorce rate among mental health professionals is probably even higher than among the general population. Kalman asks, “If the relationship experts don’t even know how to get along with their own spouses, how are they going to teach others to live in peace?”
Kalman, author of Bullies to Buddies: How to turn your enemies into friends!, regularly presents his unconventional views in a monthly email newsletter and conducts his own research surveys to explain the mysteries of social problems. A recent survey-based article explained why food and sex in entertainment are far more dangerous to society than violence in entertainment
Kalman’s website http://www.bullies2buddies.com/home.html, provides free online manuals that have been helping students, parents and teachers reduce bullying and aggression. His thought-provoking articles can be accessed at the “Read Newsletters” http://www.bullies2buddies.com/news/index.html sidebar
Kalman’s techniques are currently helping about 90% of victims
free themselves from the bullying cycle.
To learn more…about a solution that works, attend any one of Izzy Kalman’s live seminars during the May/June http://www.bullies2buddies.com/services/workshops.html Seminar Tour in SD, NE, IA, AL, LA, MS, FL GA, OH, PA, MO, OK and TN.
“‘Bullies to Buddies’ utilizes wisdom of the ages to explain common psychological phenomena and empower all of us. I recommend this to anyone looking for real techniques to help themselves and others.”
Dr. Steven Sussman, Psychologist,
Director Child & Teen Success Centers of NY & NJ
Based on the acclaimed book
Izzy Kalman, MS, NCSP, is a nationally renowned author, speaker, and expert on bullying and anger control. His seminar, “Turning Bullies into Buddies: A Quick, Powerful, and Fun Way to Teach Kids How to Stop Being Victims,” sponsored by Cross Country Education, is available to mental health professionals, educators and parents throughout the U.S. A career school psychologist and psychotherapist for more than 25 years, Kalman’s simple yet innovative methods are also detailed in his book for kids ages 10 and up, Bullies to Buddies: How to turn your enemies into friends! ©2005, $15.00 http://thewisdompages.com/book.html , soft cover, and his audio CD program, “How to Stop Being Teased and Bullies without Really Trying” ©2001, $20. http://thewisdompages.com/audiocd.html .
"This book would have kept me out of the principal's office during grade school. Fantastic! I agree 100% with Kalman’s approach. This is the perfect book for all of us 10 years old and up...parents or kids...victims or bullies!"
Newton Hightower, Founder and Director
The Center for Anger Resolution, Inc.
Bestselling Author of Anger Busting 101
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Izzy Kalman’s website provides complete free online manuals that teach kids, parents and teachers how to easily reduce bullying while increasing their resilience, independence and emotional maturity. See Kalman’s FREE online manual for kids, How to Stop Being Teased and Bullied without Really Trying http://www.bullies2buddies.com/manual/kids/index.html Parents and teachers will get great results by using the two “magic responses” in his other FREE online manual, A Revolutionary Manual for Handling Children’s Aggression, http://www.bullies2buddies.com/manual/adult/index.html and in his article, Bullying--The Constitutional Solution. http://www.bullies2buddies.com/articles/constitutional_solutions_parent.html
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