Violence Common in Nursery Rhymes
Classic Tales Compared With Violence on British TV
By Miranda Hitti
WebMD Medical News
Nov. 17, 2004 -- Do Little Miss Muffet, Jack and Jill, and the Incy Wincy Spider need a rating system especially when it comes to categories for violence? Traditional nursery rhymes have more than 10 times the number of violent scenes per hour as British TV, according to a new study.
Researchers including Patrick Davies, MD, of England's Bristol Royal Hospital for Children compared violence in nursery rhymes with violence shown on five British TV channels.
They studied data on TV violence shown over two weeks between 5:30 p.m. and 9 p.m., when kids were most likely to be watching.
There were 1,045 violent acts on TV during that time, with 51% of programs containing violence.
The experts also tracked down the most popular audio compilation of nursery rhymes. They analyzed violence in 25 tales including Humpty Dumpty, London Bridge Is Falling Down, and Rock-A-Bye Baby, and recited the stories to a toddler, whom they called their "fourth researcher."
"Television has 4.8 violent scenes per hour and nursery rhymes have 52.2 violent scenes per hour," say the adult scientists.
Forty-one percent of the nursery rhymes contained some kind of violence, whether accidental, aggressive, or implied.
The result of violence was shown or mentioned twice as often on TV as in nursery rhymes. That means kids are often left to imagine the outcome of nursery rhyme violence. The possibilities they imagine "may be more disturbing than having the outcome spelled out," say the researchers.
"That noises in the dark are caused by the resident monster under the bed is well known to any child, but adults are more likely to blame passing wind or other natural phenomena," they write in the December issue of the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood.
The study doesn't call TV harmless. Instead, it indicates -- with a wink and a nod -- that it's misguided to only blame violent behavior by children on TV.
The problem predates TV and probably has many causes, say the researchers.
"Reinterpretation of an ancient problem through modern eyes is difficult, and laying the blame solely on television viewing is simplistic and may divert attention from vastly more complex societal problems," they write.
nursery rhymes are evil. -_- no chomping lil kids nut! lol.
mamma mia, here i go again.
my, my, how can i resist you...
woah... jus realised tt my hols are packed with handbell, hmw, tuition and library. goin out and enjoying myself is tough. i'm almost fully booked... tt's till e end of dec! pfft.
e past few days have been busy, busy and very busy. on sat, went to watch mamma mia! it's fantastic!! i wanna watch it again! there was nv a dull moment, singing: fabulistic, acting: pretty convincing, settings: spectacular, songs: nothing but enjoyable. oh mannn... mamma mia rox! kudos to e cast too. one of e best musicals i've ever seen, actually it's e best so far. oh... if u've watched e musical u'll know wad i'm gonna yak abt for e next few lines. if u didn't, then jus skip it. sophie's dads were entirely comical. especially that sam fella(can't really rmb his character's name). e dynamites were awesome too. but e best of all was probably e grand finale. great songs+great dancing= a very enjoyable performance. there were even some who were dancing in their seats, waving their hands as if they were at some rock concert and some even got up to dance! oh. i'm still captivated by tt huge moon. overall, it was Splendid. but i agree with bra, $67 bucks would be quite heart wrenching to part with. yet, i reaaaaally wanna watch it again!! it won't b a complete waste but they're already gonna leave on e 4th of dec... argh. mamma mia jus rox.
after mamma mia!, walked arnd a while before heading to sentosa. dad's company had some beach bbq at shangri la. so e whole family stayed over. yesh, till sun. tt's y we weren't at church. =X but i'm goin for service next wk. HAVE to go. been skipping service for quite some time now, but not tt my reasons weren't reasonable. ^.-
i really wanna go shopping,
i really wanna finish my hmw,
i really wanna watch bridget jones,
please jus get me out of this vicious cycle of whining...
sleepless in singapore. O.O
I WATCHED SHUTTER. I ACTUALLY WATCHED SHUTTER.
tt's e only freaking reason y i can't blardi fall asleep!!
it was 9.40 PEEAMM(pm) it ended arnd MIDNIGHT. darn darn darn darn darn.
=/
today was one beezee day man. from sch back home to e lib back home to tuition back home out again for movie. gosh i jus went in and outta my home 4 times. in a day. i think i'm suffering from insomnia. AHHHHHHH!!!
wait.
i am suffering frm insomnia. wahahahaha. i think shutter jus freaking screwed my brain up.
watchin mamma mia! tmr. whee!!! like finally... goin wif bra... and my aunt. gosh. how axxkward can this get? -rolls eyes-
oh well nvm.
damn i'm thinking abt shutter again. AGAIN. nooo. dun think abt. shooo!! go away!! argh!! siam la!!
if u dun wanna suffer from major insomnia, trust me, DO NOT, i repeat, DO NOT WATCH SHUTTER.
was bluffed into watching tt movie. boohoo. sherlene and tim!!! how could e both of u be so mean????? stupid tim made me scream. and e both of them held my hands back. i wanted to cover my ears!! haha!! but i got my 'revenge'. tim jumped at e ghost climbing ladder part. and some guy behind us screamed. really wanna thank tt guy. LOL. he distracted me long enuff for e scary part to end.
moral of e story: never watch a horror movie beside tim and sherlene. O.O i'm still wide awake.
wheeeeeeeeeeeees
ooh. so far so gd. e hols are goin on quite nicely. not to boring, not too busy. heard this song on p10, sugar rush. haha. brought back old memories. oh well, shan't lament on tt. nice song. lol. some how reminds me of my darl' tracy. SUGAR... oh man. was chatting wif one of my frens on msn and i started craving for cookies. =/ something's wrong with me... oh yah. i'm still looking for tt super-dee-duper-dee-lee-cious choc chip cookie tt regina gave. =X... tt was like dunno how many months ago. hee. oops.
k. jus came back frm e hb chalet. haha. not really jus... more like yest la. lol. i'm a bit late but who cares. for those who've alr read yanyi's and weed's blog would probably alr have a brief idea of wad i'm gonna crap abt in e next few paragraghs, so jus skip it. kinda common sensical la.
22nov, mon
met up with charl, leona and weed to get to yy's house. some how, weed's always late when i'm early. when i'm early, weed's always late. why ah??? anw, i'll get on with it. got to yy's hse and couldn't find anyone. no one was in e kitchen. and they were supposed to b cooking! realised tt they were all in this tiny MAHJONG room. they were playing mahjong!!! lol. yy's mom was tching yt, yy, and who else? uh can't rmb. all i rmb was tt dolly was tortured by yy's scary lil bro. haha!! and she was so relieved to escape frm him. jus then, he popped back into e room again. haha. but he really listens to dolly... as seen during e bbq. haha. wad did she tell him to do?? haha find out later.
bralala, weed, leona and me took e cab to changi. while e others took dolly's mom'ss car or zhiying's dad's car. haha. was staring out e window and noticed sth. sg's got very weird road names. saw this "happy ave" and then someone said sth abt "pudding ave" or sth liddat. haha!! e cab driver was prob laffing to himself. got to e chalet and e sec4s were already there with jiahwee. then bra, weed and me left fer changi village for e famous lasi lemak, dumb beach ball, plastic bags and toilet paper. we walked all e way out to e bus stop. lol!(i have no idea how many times i waalked in and out to e bus stop)e blardi 29 was taking a freaking long time to come. haha. conclusion: 29 hates us. really la. jus sitting at e bus stop for 10mins got me 3 mozzie bites. there was this grp of indians walking to and fro from e bus stop. and this grp of pple who later turned out to really b our neighbours. all 3 of us overheard their conversation on "whr on earth is biggin hill??". haha!! e mean us kept quiet and were kinda hoping tt they lost their way. heee. after a mosquito whacking frenzy, we walked to e nxt bus stop. which wasn't tt far off la. waited for e bus and it finally came!! woohoo!! and u know wad?? we didn't know cv was jus 1 more stop away. -_-''' if we walked e whole while we would alr have reached there when e bus arrived. we went plastic bag hunting after getting e nasi lemak and lime juice. finally found dis wet market with rotting potatoes along e way. yuck. this lady cheated us la!! 5 rolls of low quality toilet paper for $2. blehs. anw we got e bags... which later turned against us. how ironic. walked all e way back o e chalet. sick of e blardi bus. yay. 3 29s passed us. how infuriating. x_x
went in and started slacking at e so called 'dining room'. chomped on weed chicken. haha. niceeee. yummy. damn i'm drooling. ok. -snap- yy's mom got e fire started while we(yy, me, her bro, dolly) filled up their horrendous water bombs. filled up one bucket full. there were more than a hundred bombs. O.O during e bbq, yy's bro kept threatening to bomb us if we said another word. ^.- which was like impossible. miny meanie!! all e sec4s(04), sec3s(04), sec4s(03) were petrified or rather mortified by him. haha!! they were like taking fortress in tt tiny room... with him banging on e door like king kong. haha!! actually it was quite funny to see both sides frm outside. uhhh. haha. yah. they were inside and we were outside and it was so loud tt we could hear wad's goin on inside frm outside. loud= banging. haha. oh yah. we had some lovely neighbours too. some pple yy calls dogs frm dunman sec. they(guys) were playing soccer and frisbee like no one's business. their soccer ball and frisbee nearly hit us like dunno how many numerous times. oh yah, yy's potato salad and orange squash/beer mix was fantastically yummy. chicken was nice too. one of e best bbq-ed chickens ever.
yy's bro was being kinda pesky. so dear dolly asked him to go join our neighbours(whom we didn't know at all) in a game of frisbee. AND HE ACTUALLY DID. haha they were like kinda mean to him. didn't let him have a chance in getting e frisbee. bear in mind tt he's only a 6 yr old playing frisbee with a couple of 14/15 year olds. while he was playing those who were stuck in e rm finally came down. lol!! pam was damn cute!!! with her two braided pigtails...
jus when they were starting to play water bombs, we(all e sec4s(04) cept xing yee, and all e sec3s(04)cept yy ) ran off to e bus stop to wait for e sec4s(03). damn heng. lol. they were all soaking wet frm head to toe when we got back. haha. crystal, yilin, and benita had sandra and me walking up and down. cos they cldn't find their way. haha! when we got back we were freaking tired. went up to e 'fortress' and collapsed on e bed. haha!! e others were playing mahjong in there!! me and bra were kinda piggy. lol. e both of us fell aslp. and when we woke up, it was only 9.30 or so. haha. carried on with a few games of mahjong. they carried e table frm e 1st flr all e way up e stairs!! with tt lil boy hot on their heels. and some one was blocking him frm comin up e stairs. haha. poor xing yee got kicked by him in e knee till she got a bruise!! he's only a 6yr old!!!
haha. e others downstairs were playing dare and dare. and all e dares had sth to do with e 'neighbours'. haha! this part's an extract frm yy's blog... since i was slping when this happened.
"Anyway, we played Dare & Dare (Dolly came up with [Dare & Promise], just the name, she didn't know what was it about. Haha... Dolly is so funny. you will noticed her being mentioned quite a lot.). So... every single dare must have something to do with our neighbours. SURPRISE!
1st dare: (may not be in chronological order, but should be, what am I saying?) Ying Ting - Feed one of the guys something (we found the satay rice thing left) and ask what school are they from.
What happened: Great. Just great. Their teacher had to interfere. Oh and seeing that it's the first dare, it took awfully long. So, we found out that they were from Dunman SEC. And the teacher said that now we are friends. WOW. 2nd dare: Dolly - Tell the teacher that we're not interested in being friends. (So far, I came up with both dares, and this one was meant to be a joke..) but crazy dolly, was like running out of the living room and finding the teacher. We were like "DOLLY, ARE YOU MAD!" Well. She did it. See, crazy girl.
3rd dare: Me =( - Tell anyone that "That girl didn't mean what she said, and we can be more than friends." (Dolly set this) The rest of us were like 1) roll eyes 2) vomiting. WELCOME TO THE LAME CLUB.
4th dare: (After this, can't really remember) Aruna - Help them cook something. A bit lame lar, but well it was very funny to watch.
5th dare: Priscilla - Go to their house and 'introduce' herself. She didn't do it exactly.
6th dare: Zhi Ying - Tell one of the guys that 'they are hot'. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. The guy was like nodding. HAHAHAHAHA.
Then after that I would rather not mention. Seriously. I don't want to embarrass Dolly, because she still doesn't get it."
haha! too bad i was aslp. then one by one they went home. and we were left with e sec4s(04), sec3s(04) cept leona, sec2(04)pris and zhiying. we played mahjong from 12.30-5.30!! haha. initially wanted to go see e sunrise but cldn't wake up la. so... me, bra, pris and zhiying were left snoozing till 12.30pm. and e others went to watch e sunrise and had breakfast at cv. oh i 4got to mention sth tt happned in e night... while we were playing mahjong, weed wanted to go get her stuff frm e other rm, all e way across e hall. and this door opp our room was opened. e lights were off and there was no one inside la. cos e bed was moved frm tt rm to e mahjong rm. and we rmbed that that door was closed. C.L.O.S.E.D. then weed started to freak out. eventually freaking all of us out. aloha changi's a very freaky place. and it didn't help tt e chalet was in e middle of nowhr. suddenly, xingyee appeared at e door and freaked all of us out. she opened it like 2mins after weed shut e door la. and e thing was tt xingyee insisted tt no one opened tt door. haha weed was like "is it tt hard to get u to lie???" aiya. shan't dwell on this. =/
anw, we cont. to play mahjong e nxt morn and i was on a winning streak!!! haha!! then weed took over my place and she won too. lol. tt seat's a lucky seat. =) anw some of us went to e beach. wanted to play volley ball but e court was alr in use. haha. tt beach was quite dirtyyyy. changi beaches are all damn dirty la. oh well. went back to e chalet. all decided not to stay another night and checked out tt day. haha. was watching e smurfs while waiting for my dad!! sooo cute... well well look at e time. gtg liao. haha. till next time...
Out of Reach
by:gabrielle
Knew the signs
Wasn't right
I was stupid for a while
Swept away by you
And now I feel like a fool
And now I'm, so confused,
My heart's bruised
Was I ever loved by you?
Out of reach, so far
I never had your heart
Out of reach,
Couldn't see
We were never
Meant to be
Catch myself
From despair
I could drown
If I stay here
Keeping busy everyday
I know I will be OK
But I was
So confused,
My heart's bruised
Was I ever loved by you?
Out of reach, so far
I never had your heart
Out of reach,
Couldn't see
We were never
Meant to be
So much hurt,
So much pain
Takes a while
To regain
What is lost inside
And I hope that in time,
You'll be out of my mind
And I'll be over you
But now I'm
So confused,
My heart's bruised
Was I ever loved by you?
Out of reach,
So far
I never had your heart
Out of reach,
Couldn't see
We were never
Meant to be
Out of reach,
So far
You never gave your heart
In my reach, I can see
There's a life out there
For me
fwheee. can't wait for bjd2 to open. lol. they censored so many "fucks" on cha i. lol. but too bad i've got e vcd. haha!! e uncensored one was so much nicer. =X think e fighting part was e funniest ever. british comedies are jus too damn nice la.=)
yay! i've made progress on hmw. finished with lit & emaths. but now amaths is driving me up e wall. dammit.
oh well, swimming was fun. tracy's pool rox!! haha!! so does ur spaghetti & security guard. xp nad can't believe i got a tan!! i'm no longer tt white faced ghost anymore. lalala!!! aiya. but i'm still e fairest among our 'gang'. pffft. nvm. i shall swim more. y on earth can't i get tanned easily?? blehs.
oh welcome back kj and bye wy! haha.=X everybody's headed to thailand. parents jus came back e day b4. (O.O) my daddy rox! got me nice tops... =D yah. weiyang, if u actually read this pleeeeease stop posting crap on my tag board!!
update?? heh. about wad??
whee. my hols are almost fully booked. crap. and i was looking forward to a peaceful, quiet, relaxing hol. argh. how to fit hmw in??? i like jus started on e 3rd emaths assignmnt. and all i've done so far's a few pages of emaths and one or two chpts of lit. pfft. i'm such a loser in getting myself to start work. arghhh. lemmie see... outta 61 days of e hols, i've only got 20days and decreasing, left. this isn't inclusive of other routine stuff like church every sun and tuition. (O.O) it's not even a month of hols!!!
handbell.
handbell.
handbell.
i hate, repeat, HATE mien mien.
she's even worse than ET. please tell me this can't get any worse!! k highly unlikely, judging by wad recent incidents have revealed abt her character. if she doesn't get e performing slot for induction i am gonna get my parents to write in!!! piang eh. we practised for soooooo long and hard for this blardi gig and we even memorised e freaking songs and now, u tell us tt we're not performing?? haha!! damn funny. joke, joke. hahahaha. right. so wad?? if yy and leona haven't approached u, u would totally forget abt tellin us tt we aren't in? damn. i really envy u. really envy how irresponsible u can get. u hv no idea how much effort was put in. u weren't even present. duh,
time to wake up & stop the dreaming.
hmmm, think i oughta get down to some serious business. been stoning e past few days away infront of the comp. tt's bad... and my mind is starting to screw up as well. lol. really wanna apologise to all those pple who actually put up with my crap in sch, msn, etc. haha!! esp uh... all e hb gals(screwed up my timings and somehow 12 became 1230. sorry!!!), my bros(deprived them from using e comps), sae(japanese toiletbowls), and kj(all e japanese, german, spanish, french, and portugese nonsense). started spouting nonsensical crap in a moment of boredom. lalala.
promised myself to finish all e hol hmw by e end of nov and at e rate i'm goin i dun think tt it'll even be half way through by dec. fwhee... i've got one loooong list of hmw to get done and i've only finish 1.5 exercises for emaths. heh. i'm so d e a d. damn. gotta sort out my schedule too. events have a very weird pattern of occuring. if i'm free on tt day, there's absolutely nuttin happening. when i've got sth on for tt particular day, everything seems to b happening on tt day!!! oh well. my time management sux.
yays. i'm gonna b spending at least 31 hours at amk lib. hahahahahhahaha. doin shelving. yay... damn fun. =X guess my only consolation is tt i'll b doin it together with tracy and nav. and my dear tracy's gonna b dere to motivate me to stay longer and do hmw. hahaha. on some days, we'll b starting work hours even b4 e lib opens. can book tables. (^.^) heheh. went for e lib briefing yest, and guess wad... cedarians probably filled up 1/4 of e room. looks like a lot of cedarians are doin cip there. and tracy was ranting abt how much she hated e dress code, and her retarded phone which died on her when she stepped into e room. bleh. u need a new phone gal!! XP so do i. lol. nav was so happy tt she brought a jacket when e both of us were practically freezing our butts off. lalala. dun worry i won't ever forget to bring it. haha. once i finish all e library cip hrs, i'll get tt one more pt and i've got my A. woohoo. and i won't hv to worry abt cca pts nxt yr. lalala. k tt's settled.
wad's up with e sudden election craze?? suddenly, everybody's into bush and kerry. i dun like bush. "more trees less bush". i'd vote for kerry anytime la. bush is nth but empty promises and screwed mistakes. too many in fact. aiya... in a few yrs time there'll b another election. and everybody will b crazy over e candidates again. humans... -click here-(no subtitles for this one but it's really entertaining.)
wheee. i'm off to e library. till next time. can't wait for tmr...
here's a really nice vid... but a lil mean to MJ though. and it's suitable for the hearing 'impaired' too.
-click here-
i'm bored...
Angel
Seriously...How evil are you REALLY?
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i am??? interesting...
Congrats! Your a Pure Angel! Angels, as far as most
of them go, are all compatabile creatures, but
Pure ones simply are symbols of God. Pure
Angels always appear when a child is born, when
a rainbow is seen, or when someone shares their
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show their love to everyone in the world.
What Kind of ANGEL are you? (For Girls only) This Quiz has amazingly Beautiful Pictures!
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okkayyyy... (0.0)
You are: Normal!
Congratulations. You are normal, like our friends
the Hanson brothers here. Maybe perhaps too
much.
(Hey, at least they don't look like girls anymore!)
How's your sanity?
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haha!!! i'm actually sane??? wait. is normal sane?? oh well. hey! e hanson bros are cool dudes. penny and meeeee... uh not me.
YOU ARE AN Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) GIRL!
You are a sweet-natured person, though constantly
seeking attention and affirmation from your
peers. You are not very hard working...
Which Singapore School are YOU FROM?
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EEEEEEEEEEEEEEKSSSSSSSSS!!! no!!!!!!! can't be!!!!!!! argh. try again... ah!! this blardi quiz is rigged la!!! all e ans also acs. bahhh... screw it. must be set up by some acs fella or some acsfanatic. pfft.
Hmm, you're not totally like the average
Singaporean! You aren't so kiasu (scared of
losing)! I guess that's good, isn't it?
How Singaporean Are You?
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ehh!! i'm 100% singaporean la!! talk wad nonsense??
Singapore Chinese Girls' school
which secondary school (singapore) should you be in?
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????????????? whahhahahahaha. wadever happened to good old cedar??
oh... actually cedar isn't thatttt old. funny sia.
You are Marissa! People think you've got it all,
but all you really want is someone who will
listen to your problems. Someone who like you
for YOU.
Which Character on The O. C. Are You?
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nah... i can't be marissa. i'm me. XP and me is amanda/amandy/manda/da/blah blah blah. i'm me. and i like being me. jus tt i'm bored too. but i'm still me. ok. i'm typing crap.
well well, won't you look at e time, my comp's being retarded again. it's only 1.10am. lalala. damn. my brownies taste so eggy. urgh... i like those chewable ones................................................... lalala. but not bad for my 1st time la. haha.
oh. a very cute baby vid.*click here*
tt kid really knows how to suck up to his mom. lol.