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June 1982

Published monthly by the Metropolitan Golf Course Superintendents Association

M eeting Notice
Superintendent/Managers Meeting

Day and Date:
Location:

Thursday, July 8, 1982
Siwanoy Country Club
Pondfield Road, Bronxville

IHost:
Superintendent:
Club Manager:
Golf Professional
| Greens Chairman:
Club President:
[Telephones
Superintendent:
Clubhouse
Golf Shop:
IGolf:

Scott E. Niven
Gary Jorgensen
Larry Craig
Duncan McNab
Hans Peyer

914-961-8698
914-337-3840
914-337-8858
12-1 p.m.
Carts: $10.00 sign or cash
Caddies: $12/bag plus tip
w/cart $3.00/person
[Lunch:
12-1 p.m. in Men’s Grille
Social Hour:
6-7 p.m. with Hors D’oeuvres
Dinner:
7:00 p.m. $25.00/person
Program:
E. F. Hutton
Special Note:
Supt./Mgr. Tournament — Scramble
Directions: Coming north on Hutch — Take Exit 14 (New
Rochelle Rd.) Turn left off ramp. At 3rd light bear right up
hill, Club entrance is Vi mile on right.
Coming South on Hutch — Take Exit 18 (Mill Rd.) Turn
right off ramp. At 9th light turn left (Rt. 22). After passing
Concordia College (1 mile on right) continue Vi mile and
turn left onto Pondfield Road. Club entrance is !4 mile
down on left.

June 23
June 21-26
• July 8
July 12
July 13

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Com ing Events
Mass. Turfgrass Field Day,
South Deerfield
Westchester Classic, Westchester C.C.
(GCSA members invited)
MGCSA Superintendent/Manager
Meeting — Siwanoy C.C.
MGCSA Summer Social — Fairview
L.I. Turfgrass Field Day on Wheels
State University, Farmingdale, NY

August
August 5
August 25
September
September 30

October 14
November 9-11
December 6-9
December 11

Vol. kil, No. 5

MGCSA Fa1|üf%icnic
Rutgers Turfgrass%esearch Field Day
Cook College, North Brunswick
Univ. Of R.I. Field Day, Kingston
MGCSA Meeting — St. Andrews G.C.
Chapter Team Championship
Ridgewood C.C. (contact
Dennis Flynn for details)
MGCSA Meeting — Wee Burn G.C.
N.Y.S. Turfgrass Conference and Trade
Show, Rochester
N.J. Turfgrass Assoc. Expo
MGCSA Christmas Party
Brae Burn C.C.

MGCSA Summer Social
Monday, July 12th
Fairview Country Club

Poolside steak barbeque
$25 per person for dinner and hors d’oeuvres
Hors d’oeuvres at 7 p.m.
Band with dancing
Dress code: Sportswear — no cutoffs or jeans
Reservations a must!!!

Return card to Bob Alonzi

MGCSA News

The weather for 1982 is off to a poor start. First, we had
the blizzard of April 6th, then a hot, dry month of May and
now several inches of rain. What’s going to be next?
We had a good day for the MGCSA Superintendent/
Green Chairman Tournament held May 19th at Dick Allen’s
Woodway Golf Club. We had 80 for golf and 100 for
dinner with the following winners.
1st Place: Woodway Golf Club
62
Dick Allen and Bruce Vernon
2nd Place Greenwich Country Club 63
Paul Caswell and Samuel Stowell
(match of cards)
3rd Place Fairview Country Club
63
Bob Alonzi and Irving Dale

EDITORIAL STAFF

Pat Lucas, Co-Editor.............................. Office 203-637-3210
Home 203-637-3939
Ted Horton, Co-Editor...........................Qffice 914-967-6000
Home 914-937-3613
OFFICERS

President..................... Michael Maffei, Back O’Beyond, Inc.
Office 914-279-7179; Home 914-278-9436
Vice-President..........Charles Martineau, Whippoorwill Club
Office 914-273-3755; Home 914-273-9112
Secretary..........Peter Rappoccio, Silver Spring Country Club
Office 203-438-6720; Home 203-866-4276
Treasurer
Sherwood Moore, Winged Foot Golf Club
Office 914-698-2827; Home 914-234-9469

Thanks to Fred Scheyhing and everyone at Mt. Kisco for
an enjoyable day.
A sidelight which might be of interest was received from
the Connecticut Nurserymen’s Association, Bulletin #294.
During the 1982 Connecticut General Assembly, a “ Water
Diversion Bill” was made into law. This bill establishes a
major DEP regulatory program via comprehensive registra­
tion system. Existing water diversions are exempt from
permit and review; however, users of more than 50,000
gallons per day must register with DEP prior to 1 July 1983,
the location, volume, frequency and rate of withdrawals and
discharges along with a description of the water use and
system. Vegetable, field crop, sod, nursery and tobacco
operations with a potential to water more than two acre
inches per day will be required to register.”
With last year’s drought and pieces of legislation such as
this, the message should be clear: improve, update, refine,
streamline, control and reduce water useage. The day of the
quick coupler system is ending quickly, and the sooner clubs
realize this and modernize, the better.
—Pat Lucas

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Editor’s Note: “The Bullsheet, ” newsletter o f the Midwest
Golf Course Superintendents Association carried the following article “Coping With Stress” written by Carl
Landgrebe, CGCS.
—P. Lucas

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Reprint permission is hereby authorized providing credit is
given to Tee to Green . . . unless author states otherwise.
Publication deadline for Tee to Green is 21 days before the
regular meeting.
Chuck Martineau won closest to the pin on the 15th hole
with 2'10".
Our thanks to Dick Allen and everyone at Wood way.
This spring we ran a survey in the Tee to Green asking the
membership what articles they would like to see more of.
Some of the comments are as follows:
“ Use of wetting agents as a tool for poa seedhead
reduction.”
“ Latest research and new chemical trials.”
“ An annual survey on area salaries and benefits of both
Superintendents and crews that would be useful in negotia­
tions with club management.”
“ Labor and/or money saving ideas.”
“ Local input from members. Re: What’s Happening.”
We’ll do our best on the first three items, hope the
membership can help us out on the last two.
This year our MGCSA Invitational Tournament was held
on June 3rd at Fred Scheyhing’s Mt. Kisco Country Club.
With the previous heavy rains the course played long.
Winners are as follows:
1st Place Bedford Golf & Tennis Club
52
2nd Place Brae Burn Country Club
53
3rd Place Innis Arden Golf Club
57
(match of cards)
Westchester Country Club
57
Fenway Golf Club
57
Wykagyl Golf Club
57
Kelly Moser, Professional at Brae Burn won closest to the
pin with 4'2".
Mr. Jim McLoughlin, Executive Director of the GCSAA
was our speaker for the evening. Mr. McLoughlin gave us
an overview of the current status and direction of the game
of golf.

Coping W ith Stress

Stress is a serious matter. It is a very significant element
in a golf course superintendent’s life, as well as every person .
in our fast-paced society. I’m not going to present here, new
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Your reading this might not directly improve your ability
to grow fine turfgrasses, but it just might help you to live
longer. It may also help you improve your outlook thus,
indirectly assist you in growing fine turfgrasses. It will hope­
fully allow you to control the emotional distractions, which
attempt to obstruct you from achieving your goals.
Stress! What is stress? Why should we concern ourselves
with it? We concern ourselves with it because we have to
control stress. Medical research is uncovering daily, more
and more links between major physical disorders and stress.
Stress leads to psychosomatic disorders, such as heart
attack, high blood pressure, ulcers, cholitis, respiratory and
digestive disorders and it’s been proven recently, rheumatoid
arthritis. The underlying biological weakness determines the
type of illness we express. Under stress, the parasympathetic
nervous system (present under calm times) gives way to the
sympathetic nervous system. This change has been conclu­
sively shown to cause an undesirable metabolical change,
leading to various physical and mental disorders.
Some common causes of stress:
• Time deadlines
• Anxiety
• Future uncertainities
• Boss pressure
• Uncontrollables
• Worrying
• Adversities
You don’t have to look far to find potential uncontrol­
lable adversities. A nthracnose, Dollar Spot, Ataenius,

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Spretulus, Poa annua. Diasters just waiting for a place to
happen. It is these sometimes uncontrollables which set our
jobs apart from other jobs.
What is the distinguishing element? Nature, and its infin­
ite matrix of variable situations, thrust upon us in such an
unpredictable manner. So much is emotionally at stake. We
put so much time, effort and investment into what can be
swept away by a three inch thunderstorm the day before the
invitational or Pythium seemingly feeding on your just
applied Dollar Spot preventative.
Truely, our work environment is unique. A far cry from
the Airline Pilot, who is most of the time on autopilot, or
the train conductor whose destination is established and
route clearly defined by the two steel rails. A different ball
game indeed, when your success or failure greatly relies on
the perpetuation of the living organism.
Ours is a challenge unparalleled. Think about it a minute.
We must a 6:00 a.m. motivate the minimum wage earner,
and at 8:00 a.m. explain to a chief executive officer of a
billion dollar corporate conglomorate on the first tee, why
frozen turf succumbs under the wheels of a golf cart. One
might consider that a crisis, another might consider it opportunity/challenge. Depends on how you look at it.
Our work environment is a stage set. With stress playing
the leading role. Supporting actors, we got plenty, you can
name them just as well as I can, their names are in the club
directory or membership list. They come with scripts well
written and intentions, through not harmful. Somehow the
result is all too often dramatic, with our emotions the

victim. Triumverate system? Or three ring circus. You’re at
the controls. Indeed, with all those self-acclaimed authorities
posing as consultants, deciding when the golf carts can roll,
why the greens are slow or why the tees aren’t cut daily.
So, ours is a tough task. That of developing a system to
deal with stress, so we are left emotionally uninhibited, to
control and organize the unpredictable elements of nature,
into a consistent product, a golf course. A “ perfect” golf
course.
There are many approaches dealing with stress, some
good some bad. Some very expensive. I would like to dis­
cuss two, which I relate to the golf course superintendent’s
situation. One I will call the direct method, the other the
aversion method. The two methods differ in the way they
approach the problem of stress.
In the direct method, you attack your stress factors, thus
the direct approach. The first step is to identify these fac­
tors, or things which trigger tension in you. Physically write
them down. Even those you think are not significant (if they
came to mind then they are significant). A typical list might
approach 70. Such things as superior pressure, fungal attack,
3" Friday thunderstorms or undisiplined employees. Next
step is to single out ones you feel you effectively control,
then eliminate them, one by one.
To realize how important elimination is we must under­
stand the effect each additional stress factor has on the in­
dividual. As we add stress factors we are not simply adding
the weight of another “ straw to the camel’s back” bringing
us close to the breaking point. We are not only adding the

tension associated with the new factor, but adding a com­
posite stress factor. In other words, we compound the
amount of stress caused by each of our previous stress fac­
tors when we add additional stress factors.
I personally do n ’t put much confidence in the direct
method, because quite frankly I feel there isn’t much we can i
do about the unreasonable boss, unexpected rain storms or
a furious golfer that lost a $200 bet because he missed a 20'
putt that he stroked perfectly across your terrible greens.
So, I rely on the aversion method which I find very help- [
ful. It goes like this. Stress factor present: April first greens
loaded with snow-mold damage. I can hear them now. ]
What happened to the greens? Will the grass come back?
When can we plan? This provides the setting which starts
the process, which provides the tension, which triggers the
sympathetic nervous system which results in what we recog- I
nize as head throbbing, dry throat, queazy stomach or body
jitters.
Now it’s time for you to step in and do something posi­
tive, take control of the situation. Apply the aversion
method. How do you do that? I call it flashback. Flashback
to some memorable experiences, places, events or people
you have met. Relive those precious moments in your mind.
Take yourself back in time, momentarily away from your
present stress.
This will help you maintain your composure when faced
with the various pressures surrounding such an adversity.
This aversion or flashback process will allow you to regroup
your thoughts, maintain that overall perspective to allow

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you to keep the impact of that stress factor/adversity in
context. Don’t allow it to balloon out of proportion. Don’t
let it dictate your mood.
The system works for me. I am sure it would work for
you. It’s simply a way to actively take charge of your mood.
Doctors have a system called hypnotherapy. They are better
instructors of the system than I am, but quite frankly, I
can’t afford their $100 plus per hour fees. So, it’s
imperative that we develop our own system to cope with our
individual stress factors.
By all means don’t think this is a one shot process. It is a
perpetual process, requiring periodic implementation. Be­
cause sure as you think you have the situation licked and
are “ flying high” here comes that 3" Friday afternoon once
in a “ 100 year” rain storm that seems to come every other
year.
This can send you reeling down once again, to the
> emotional cellar (don’t reach for the wine, it’s not that kind
of cellar). As you know, it’s not hard to slip and bury
yourself in your sorrows, heaping great mental anguish
upon yourself and get into a downright irritable mood.
Thus, creating a much less tolerant mood to listen to petty
complaints.
When periodically confronted with these stress situations,
practice the aversion method. It will serve to release tension
and block the inevitable “ multiplier built up effect” of
; tension. A way to wisk away those headaches. Giving you a
soothing feeling, like emersing into a hot tub.
Let me take a moment to dwell briefly on one of the pre­
viously listed stress factors, time deadlines. I would like to
give this stress factor special attention because it is a very
( common and important self-inflicted potential adversity.
I’m talking about scheduling more than can physically be
completed in a given period of time. Commonly referred to
“ Biting off more than you can chew.” Due to a break down
i in the planning and scheduling phase of your operation.
Whatever the fault, the result is obvious. We distort the
impact of time. This forces us into an accelerated pace, un­
characteristic of us. Working frantically, therefore we risk
an obvious head-on collision with our deadline, leading to
an inevitable stress situation.
As we search our memories for possible flashback sub­
jects or material for use in our aversion system, I might sug­
gest looking within the confines of your own club. Ours is a
natural work environment second to none. If one likes “ the
out-of-doors” you can’t beat our surroundings. So search
your mind for those pleasurable moments, experiences or
accomplishments on your own golf course, that might serve
as reserve subjects for pleasant recall process. They might
be such things as special reconstruction projects you com­
pleted, or a successful tournament, or just seasonal course
beauty. Keep your mental registry process open at all times,
so you can actively add subjects for future recall reinforce­
ment of your mood. Good luck! Hang in there! Stay in con­
trol. Hypnotize with pleasantries.
—Carl Landgrebe, June 1982

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Time:
Meeting Place:

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Metropolitan Golf Course Superintendents Invitational Tournament
Mt. Kisco Country Club, June 3rd

First Place: Bedford Golf and Tennis Club
l/r: George Lawrence, Green Chairman; Walt Ronan, Professional;
Terry Boles, Superintendent; Bob Ferguson, Golf Chairman.

Third Place: Innis Arden Golf Club
l/r: Chet Rice, Green Chairman; Billy Mitchell, Professional; Pat
Lucas, Superintendent; Reg Gisborne, President.

Second Place: Brae Burn Country Club
l/r: Dennis Flynn, Superintendent; Kelly Moser, Professional; Gil
Koenig, President; Harry Auerbach, Green Chairman.

Mt. Kisco Green Chairman Domonick Pasquale addressing the
Mt. Kisco meeting as MGCSA President Mike Maffei (I) and Mt.
Kisco Superintendent Fred Scheyhing (r) look on.

Jim McLoughlin,
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Editor’s Note: Mr. Dennis P. Petruzzelli, Assistant Superin­
tendent o f Grounds at Brae Burn C.C., has submitted the
first o f several interviews he plans to conduct with local
Superintendents. Our thanks to Dennis fo r his contribution
to Tee to Green.
—Pat Lucas
Host S u p e rin te n d e n t. . . A Biography
by Dennis Petruzzelli, Assistant Superintent
Brae Burn Country Club

Mount Kisco Country Club was recently the site for the
June meeting of the Metropolitan Golf Course Superinten­
dents Association. The hosting Superintendent was Fred
Scheyhing.
Fred was born in Manhattan, and grew up in Massachu­
setts. He got his initial interest in Golf Course Management
as a golf caddie at Springfield Country Club in West Springfield, Massachusetts. In order to increase his understanding
of the trade, he enrolled in Stockbridge College of Agricul­
ture for Turfgrass Management. After graduating, Fred
became the Assistant Superintendent at Chevy Chase
Country Club in Maryland. In time, he advanced himself to
a Superintendents’ position at Mount Kisco Country Club.
Fred remained at Mount Kisco for ten years before moving
back to Maryland as Superintendent at Chevy Chase Coun­
try Club. Two years past, and Fred came back as Superin­
tendent at Mount Kisco Country Club.
Fred loves the idea of being his own boss and having the
freedom of coming and going as he pleases. What he finds
most fascinating about being a Superintendent is
implementing and visually seeing beautification enhanced
through careful manipulation. Fred believes in “ sticking”
with same practices and techniques yearly due to their high
success rate. Anything that works well for you, should be
stayed with. However, chemical programs tend to vary
yearly. Fred’s feelings on the impact of high prices in golf
course management are that the smaller golf clubs will really
feel the “ pinch.” It may be necessary for everyone to
“ tighten their belts” some and make do as best as possible,

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Many Superintendents have been counteracting against in­
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practices, such as hand weeding tees. Fred hopes this is not
the case and seems optimistic for better economical times.
Although, many dollars can be saved through these “ old”
practices, that they shouldn’t be automatically eliminated,
from a maintenance schedule . . . especially at the smaller
golf clubs.
Whenever Fred’s not strolling fairways, he may be found
in a bowling alley for bowling is one of his favorite pasttimes. He also loves to play the piano and golf. Fred looks
forward to visiting his fellow Superintendents at monthly
meetings. He enjoys spending much of his time with his wife
and son at home in Brookfield, Connecticut.
I would like to thank Mr. Scheyhing for his time and wish
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Backyard Putting Green Dem ands Painstaking Daily Care

So you’re looking for a hobby? Something to get you out
of the house? Maybe you can spruce up the lawn a little bit.
Have you ever thought about turning some of that back
yard terrain into your own putting green?
Don’t.
Unless you’re ready and willing to part with plenty of
money, plenty of time, and plenty of backbreaking hours of
work. If that’s the case, Junior’s sandbox might be lined up
next to an attraction as beautiful as the 18th green at
Augusta National.
What better way to slice strokes off that embarrassing
average than having your own practice playground? What
better way to be the envy of your neighborhood? What
better way to keep the family from bugging you about your
little block of earth with a swimming pool?
“ Strangely enough, we’ve had a number of people
interested in putting greens,’’ said LaGrange golf course
architect Larry Packard. “ But most of them cool their
interest when they find out how much work it takes.”
Those perfectly manicured blades of closely-shorn bent
grass that cover golf course and country club greens don’t
just happen. It takes hours and hours of painstaking care by
professional staffs every week, every day, indeed sometimes
every hour. Many experts caution if you aren’t willing to
either give your green that kind of care or pay the price to
somebody who can, you’d be better off buying a croquet set.
Architect Ken Killian, who along with his partner Dick
Nugent, designed the new Kemper Lakes layout, has given
up advising people on owning their own putting surface.
“ We’ve known a lot of people who have tried it. In fact,
when we started we built several greens for people. But
we’ve given up on that. I t’s just too much for a
homeowner.
“ A putting green has to mowed almost daily,” Killian
continued. “ It has to be treated with fungicides and
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hours. If you don’t know what you’re looking for, that can
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Briarwood Country Club greens superintendent Paul
Voykin is one of the nation’s foremost authorities on grass,
lawns and putting greens. H e’s written two books and
numerous short articles about how to keep your grass green.
Voykin believes in home putting greens.
“ Every year you read about what’s the ‘in’ thing for that
year, what’s the newest fac,” Voykin said. “ From my point
of view, putting greens are ‘in.’ Plus, it’s a prestige thing.
It’s for the wealthy. Chances are you’ll be the only person
in your neighborhood to have one.
“ I probably have 20 to 30 inquiries each year,” Voykin
added. “ And I actually try to discourage people from put­
ting ’em in. So once greens are put in, you can be sure the
people are dedicated, diligent and knowledgeable to the
task.”
Ah, the task.
First, your home lawnmower isn’t going to clip that bent
grass to the 3/16 inch that persistent putters are accustomed
to. A cost ranging upwards of $1,000 for a new machine
alone drives most middle-class golfers back to their public
course.
With that mower, however, Packard says you can have a
reasonably adequate surface. But, that simple maneuver
doesn’t count as a real green.
If you want to add a few undulations and a few tricky
readings to the green, you’ll have to dig out some soil and
put in the whole works.
A sandy soil with plenty of peat is required, because the
green will need lots of water, fertilizer and fungicide pro­
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some drainage tile to avoid getting that backyard swimming
pool after all.
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turing, and once in a while even putting on your personal
green.
“ If you leave out the dirt and the drain tile, maintaining
a green wouldn’t involve all that much expense,” Packard
said. “ You can look for a used handmower that shouldn’t
run at too much expense. All it takes then is some extra
watering, mowing, and fertilizing—unless you want to get
into more elaborate preparations.”
Killian cautions that equipment is a problem.
“ Unless you’re quite close to a golf course, it’s difficult
to get the equipment you need. Plus maintenance is a daily job.
“ For the weekend golfer, it’s hardly worth it. The
expense is too much. Unless he likes to work with a green
better than play golf itself, it’s hardly worth the trouble.”
Yet, with plenty of consultation from an expert, you can
maintain a putting green.
“ We show people certain blemishes that they should look
out fo r,” Voykin said. “ And we teach them preventive
spraying—once you see a problem, it may be too late to
stop it.
“ I’ve found that usually in three years, out will go the
green if they lose interest in it. But most people give me a
call, and I don’t have any trouble selling the mower to
somebody else,” Voykin said.
“ A putting green is a great idea for an apartment, or a
condominium or even for industry. What better
value is there for employes to go outside on their lunch hour
and putt around.”
“ There’s no end to where putting greens can go. And,”
Voykin added with a sly smile, “ that makes people appreci­
ate golf superintendents.”
Packard poses even more potential for the serious putter.
“ About half of the 72 strokes in a round are putts if you
consider two putts for every green. Save a putt on each hole
and you can save 18 strokes.”
Hmm. With a little practice, we can all shoot 54.
Where’s that sod?
—Linda Young, Suburban Tribune

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A Harvard University psychiatry professor who has
worked on A tlan ta’s child killings said yesterday that
society’s emphasis on individual satisfaction is breeding
more mass violence. “ I think there are more killers out
there than before.” said Dr. Alvin Poussaint. “ Some things
are an expression or atmosphere or tone of a society.”
Poussaint, addressing about 200 teachers at the New
Jersey Education Association convention, said growing
“ malignant individualism,” or a person’s right to do almost
as one wants, is being stressed at the expense of the rights of
the community. “ Part of the ‘self’ thing in America is a
wish to be famous, to be a celebrity. One way is to be
infamous, to make a name for oneself by doing something
outrageous,” Poussaint said. “ The ultimate in being selfinterested is to kill,” he told the teachers. “ In the act of
violence, you get a sense of power. I t’s the ultimate in
power.”
Poussaint, a former consultant to the A tlanta Police
Department in the recent slayings of black children, said
most mass killers and some political assassins are “ isolated,
loner-type of individuals, cut off from society, fantasizing
about themselves.” He said such feelings are becoming
more common in American society because of television and
movies, which he said portray killing as a way to solve
problems and disputes. Poussaint said society’s emphasis
should be re-directed toward the community good.
Mass media, for example, should “ tone down violence,”
especially in movies and television hows directed at children,
he said. Parents, he said, should teach children that non­
violent m£ans, such as walking away from a fight, is
acceptable behavior. Parents should also be encouraged to
reduce their “ violence” against children. Finally, Poussaint
said, American competitiveness should be dampened so chil­
dren won’t feel that violent behavior is necessary to achieve
their goals.
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