Children exposed to violence Children are exposed to violence in their families, in schools, in neighborhoods and through the media. Millions of children are exposed to some form of domestic violence or witness violence in their communities. Young children are particularly vulnerable. They are more likely to be affected by things seen repeatedly in childhood and by violence, which can have a negative effect on "them and their" future families. Usually having no contact with individuals or institutions such as schools, they are often unaware of harmful situations happening outside their doors. Therefore, this is one of the biggest problems in today's society. “Every child has the right to be nourished and safe.” Studying this topic allows us to better understand the need to protect children from violence and what should be done to help those who are exposed to violence. Children exposed to violence can have mental effects and developmental problems. According to Children's Services' article on exposure to violence, research has found that children have a wide range of reactions to exposure to violence. Some children are not as affected or may show brief or temporary reactions. " Many factors determine the extent to which a child may be affected. Some variables are internal to the child, the family, and their social context (e.g., the child's temperament and developmental characteristics, the protective capacity of the parents and family Children who are exposed to violence also often require never turning off their stress responses. They continually live in a state of alert and crisis (Cohen, Groves, Kracke 2009). of development and can interfere with the child. ..... middle of the paper ...... children may be less empathetic towards violence in real life play violent video games are more aggressive and desensitized to violence in the environment for a period of time after playing. In short, young children are the most vulnerable to the effects of all violent media programming: television, movies and video games. They are likely to imitate violence because they have less ability to understand reality from fantasy. In addition to violence through the media, children are also exposed to violence in real life. Community violence can consist of fights within your neighborhood, even between gangs. Domestic violence, children are exposed right in their homes. It is the parents' job to limit their children from violence so that they do not have to face any of the mental, developmental, physical and emotional effects.