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/^t/Television does not show children the real world. It only gives them the pleasure to watch handsome and brave men, beautiful, weak women and healthy children loved by their families. On television there is no place for cripples, divorces and murders, for pain, humiliation, fear and this sort of everyday events. And even if they are shown it is usually late at night when children cannot see them. On one hand it seems natural to keep children out of any shock they could experience, but on the other hand would it not be sensible to show them that sometimes also bad things happen and that normal is not always good. They would surely get a clearer picture of the world. Why then teach children about television if it cannot give them any profits?