This document discusses the negative effects of "neuro-semantic polluters" like music, TV, movies, and video games on today's youth. It argues that these media promote teen pregnancy, glamorize gangs, and negatively influence youth beliefs about violence, sex, drugs, and alcohol. The document proposes ways to reduce this influence, including increasing parental control over content, decreasing distribution of polluting media to teens, educating teens about media messages, and changing artists' beliefs that racy content is necessary for commercial success. The overall goal is to eliminate neuro-semantic pollution in order to help teens become happy and productive members of society.

1. Neuro-Semantic Pollution in Today’s Youth

2. Our problem Our problem is how Neuro-Semantic Polluters (music, TV, movies, video games, etc.) is negatively affecting the youth, specifically teens, of today.

3. Neuro-semantic polluters are hurting our teens by: Teen Pregnancy

4. NEURO-SEMANTIC POLLUTERS Teen Mom Grand Theft Auto – Vice City Eminem

5. Why should we care?Because… "I have been to something like 50 gang funerals where the guy in the coffin was no more than 20. The game companies don't see the family crying and the people in the coffin. They don't see the impact this has on our culture. They make or play their games in the studio, but for kids on the street it's a real life."- Terrance Stone youth leader and former gang member on how violent video games such as Grand Theft Auto has glamorized the gang lifestyle

6. RESEARCH REASONING: The goal of this research is to introduce ways to remove neuro-semantic polluters from the youth of today, so they can be happy and productive members of society.

7. WAYS TO ELIMINATE NEURO-SEMANTIC POLLUTERS:

9. Placing restrictions on internet use

10. Screening movies, books, TV shows, and music for their teens

11. Talking with their teens about violence, sex, drugs, and alcoholWhen parents gets involved in their teen’s life in a positive manner, it shows the teen that their parents care for them, and the teen is more likely to listen to their advise.

13. Internet websites should create more secure sites to ward off underage teens

14. TV stations should run their “racy” programming at later times to avoid teen viewingThese small steps are ways to ensure that the distribution of polluters to our teens will decrease and maybe one day completely vanish.

16. TV shows should have resources available for teens and parents to use for research purposes

17. Artists should involve themselves in awareness seminars, so that they can be an example for their fans. These ideas may require more interaction from the artist and the parents, but it is necessary to help teens understand the difference between media and real life.

19. If a TV show doesn’t have murder or sex, no one will watch it

20. If their video game isn’t violent, it will be a bore, thus limiting the market We must change the beliefs of the artists who put out the material that our teens see. If their beliefs do not change, they will continue to put out raunchy material.

21. CONCLUSION In order to eliminate Neuro-Semantic Pollution from our teenagers, we must engage in the 4 following ideals. Only by engaging in these ideals can we actually gain ground in the war against Neuro-Semantic Pollution. Increase Parental Control Over Content Decrease Distribution to Teens Change Artists’ Beliefs on Content Increase Knowledge of Content

23. Go out of your way to ensure the safety of your teenagers

24. Research the things your teen wants to listen to, watch, or read