In the 6­to­12­year­old period，children will play an earnest game of war，but it has lots of rules.There may be arguments，but real fights are relatively rare.At this agechildren don't shoot at their mother or father，even in fun.It's not that the parents have turned stricter; the children's own conscience has.In adolescence aggressive feelings become much stronger，but well brought­up children can turn them into athletics and other competition or into kidding their friends.

　　In other words，I'd explain that playing at war is a natural step in the disciplining of the aggression of young children; that a cautious parent doesn't really need to worry about producing a criminal.

　　But nowadays I'd give parents much more encouragement to guide their child away from violence.A number of incidents have convinced me of the importance of this.

　　One of the first things that made me change my mind，several years ago，was an observation that an experienced nursery school teacher told me about.Her children were hitting each other much more than previously，without reason.When she talked to them，they would protest，“But that's what the Three Stooges do.” (This was a children's TV program full of violence which immediately became very popular.)

　　What further shocked me into reconsidering my view was the assassination(暗杀) of the former President，and the fact that some schoolchildren cheered about this.(I didn't so much blame the children as I blamed the kind of parents who will say about a President they dislike，“I'd shoot him if I got the chance！”)

【2016届高考英语二轮复习冲刺演练：第3练 完形填空+阅读理解（江苏专用）】相关文章：

★ 【课堂新坐标】2017届高考英语（通用版）二轮复习短文改错专题训练：考法3 行文逻辑错误（含解析）

★ 湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练 (17)

★ 【课堂新坐标】2017届高考英语（通用版）二轮复习书面表达专题训练：Ⅱ卷强化增分练 训练4（含解析）

★ 湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练 (64)

★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习必修3参考答案（外研版）

★ 【北师大版】2014届高考英语一轮复习指导课时作业：Unit 7 A卷 Word版含解析

★ 2017届高考英语二轮复习课时训练：20（含解析）

★ 湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练 (66)

★ 【优化方案】2017届高考英语二轮复习全国卷Ⅱ题型重组训练：第16组（含解析）

★ 2013高考英语冲刺-基础篇 语法项目单句训练（按考试说明）（二）