Generation “Numb”: Bouncing Violence off the Brains of America’s Youth Imagine a generation of young people who are shocked by nothing. Imagine a group of young people who have seen and can bear the grotesque and unnecessarily violent to the point where they consider it the norm. This is my generation, born between 1981 and 1985, which I like to call “generation numb.” Through movies, music, and other media my peers have been bombarded by carefully …showed first 75 words of 2450 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2450 total…with their children, and limit the number of hours they spend watching T.V. Parents should be aware of what their children are watching, and not necessarily rely on a V-chip or the staff of a movie theater. After all, it is the parents who must set the example, not the television. When members of my generation become parents, we must struggle to be upset by violence again, so that our children will be too.