Children and the Media

In this article, entitled “The Child in the Community: Nursing Makes a Difference,” author, Rita Black Monsen discovered an interesting article, by Leonard Pitts, in a local newspaper while visiting in Michigan. The article was about a man named Mr. Pitts taking his two teenage boys on a trip to spend some quality time together without any distractions, electronics, or friends. Although we know many children have distractions and cannot focus one-hundred percent of the time, we focus on how we can distinguish a child’s maturity level and the ways in which devastating violence can impact a family. Not only does the article talk about the media and its relation to society, but it also talks about how children are identified