Absolutely we emulate what we see on tv, and why should kids be any different? They see behavior held up as the norm on television, but they will also see what other kids are doing and saying in real life. Whatever the model they're picking things up from, they're going to push the boundaries, see what they can get away with. And parents will get precisely the behavior they tolerate. It was ever thus, long before television.
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