Silverskater145

Well... First of all, I am going to have to disagree with you there. Teenage Violence is a problem in America, but it is not the most terrible thing that exists in the world. The war in Iraq is an example of something that surpasses teenage violence. Thousands upon thousands have died in a seemingly meaningless war, and you just can't compare a war to localized teenage violence.

That said, to stay on the actual topic, I have to say that I agree with Arrianna on this one. While many will be eager to blame it on the media, in the form of violence in movies, TV, and video games, I think the real reason lies in the parents. In today's age, society is filled with a break-down of families and family structure. With so many divorces and one-sex families now, it creates a dysfunctionality that seeps it's way to the children. Parents cannot control their children's personalities and their type of thinking, but they act responsibly at home, teach their kids morals and right from wrong, punish them accordingly when needed, and just plain love 'em. The last thing this country needs are the kind of parents you see on MTV: Parents that curse casually with their kids as well as other things, accept and condone their kids' actions, and generally let their kids do what they want.

I mean, have you ever seen some of those Super Sweet 16 shows? It's disgusting how those kids treat their parents. And what do the parents do? They ignore the crying, whining, and ranting of their kids and go out and buy them $12,000 dresses. Just utterly despicable.

So, that's the word, folks. Parents. I will say this though, just because parents are the underlining reason for the problems with the young generation today, all teenagers must be held accountable for their actions. I won't agree that they deserve the same type of punishments as adults, but schools, parents, and adults need to make the necessary moves to punish teenagers whenever something happens.

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anime_being_god

Teenage violence is a problem in many places in the world, but as bad as it is, its still not the end of the world or anything, the irap war is a more serious thing. But we still need to control teenagers before they get out of hand.

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Miroku4444

Yeah i agree, its mostly the parents fault. Another thing silverskater didnt touch on is the parents working, leads to some of this. They just arent around enough to give the right amount of parenting they need.

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FLawEdmiNd

What about totally random acts of violence. The parents are there, they support the child and pay attention to them... Why do those kinds of acts happen?

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Arrianna

Of course the first step is people learning to keep their pants on. If you don't want to be a parent don't do something that may make you one. If you do choose to be a parent be there for them daily. As long as you have somewhere to live, food to eat, clothes, and an education the parents presence is more important then money. It's impossible to provide an example or supervise your kids if you are rarely home.
Because people still have their own right to choose what to do. Even when you have parents who do the right things you will still get some bad apples. It is just without the right environment the chances of those apples spoiling are alot higher. Societal problems start with the adults but given a generation it will show up in the kids and be propagated from there.

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baikuza

i'm now older than 18.. but i never face any physical contact (give a fist, kick...+++)with other people. so, maybe i can write some about this.. even at some case i'm still facing a hard time to control my self.

based on my experiences, i also agree with what Arrianna said. the physical or unwilling act of the youth occurs because they lack of ESQ. then in some case, maybe they cannot control their self because what they face on is the thing that is a unsatisfying fact.. they want to change that but they cannot.. then their heart is fulfilled by hate. in the end if it reach the peak, and cannot be controled anymore it will take a physical shape (i.e. fight, etc)

then the factors that influence the ESQ of some person (in this case the youth) are friend(s), parent, teacher... i mean the one who is the most "near" with that person. i said friend(s) because usually the person who mostly interact with the youth is friend. i think you know about parent. then teacher.. the one who care the student in the class.. the one who teach what they know to his/her student.

how adult act about this? the only thing that adult can influence the youth is through the parent and teacher. that's. teach the good one and prohibit some unwilling things. and some adult are working on that.

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Silverskater145

Hey, I'll also agree with you there. It's very true that sometimes no matter how good of a parent one can be, their kids might still turn out to be a hooligan. While good parenting and a good environment improve the chances of that not happening, it can still happen as there are kids who are just naturally bad and ill-spirited.

Does it mean that they can never be good or learn to do the right things? No, of course not. Given the right punishment after a wrongdoing, and continual love and support, they can always grow out of their immaturity and be a great person.

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!10~TeSTaMeNtS

i dont agree on this teenage violence...why violence when you can talk is over?...there is nothing like a good old talk to solve problems...just be reasonable...

baikuza

i think because some of the adult people try to minimize the trouble in the future of human and keep the peace+human quality as the human is.. then they educate us how to act and think...

the example is
in my area the church has the activity every weekend for this thing..
the mosque hold what it called jum'atan... it is very recomended thing for men to join..
etc...

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Familyguyfan2

People fight at my school all the time! A lot of them have anger issues. There are also psychos everywhere today not just at school.