The Violence of Youth in American Society

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The Violence of Youth in American Society

Times are changing. In a world where there really is no safe haven from the violence of the cold and harsh world. As an American citizen one might believe that they could send their children to an institute of learning and their children would be safe from harm and far from losing their lives. But now that idea is not reverently supported. The American children have been attacked. This should not be tolerated by America and America should do whatever they can to stop these needless acts of violence on the adolescents. So whom should we target? Well that is the shocking part of the argument. The children are conducting this onslaught on the children. So as a people, we ask ourselves why is this happening? Where did we go wrong? Why are these children rebelling in such an outrageous way? And what can we do to stop the violence? These are all questions that have been troubling the American public since the school shootings started.

Some people feel that this is a new phenomenon indicative to public schools; but in actuality those are both fallacies. Studies done by the Department of Justice suggest to the contrary. In nonsectarian, public, and private schools studies show that the level of violent acts has increased. As far as this being a new outburst by children; it can be tracked back to the 1950s. Of course then the fights were fought with punches and kicks not rifles and machine guns.

Again we ask ourselves why these things occur? As with our diverse population so are our opinions on the subject. 71% of teachers in America believe that these acts of violence are caused because of the lack of parental supervision in the child’s home. As we all know man...

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...to try and somewhat control and censor the violence that is broadcasted through the media. There have been regulation committees created by the Government to produce a strong standard for rating television shows and movies. Studies say that fewer and fewer children are being admitted into R rated movies. They also say that number of children viewing graphic material from their home has decreased slightly.

So maybe someday when all of these issues have been reviewed by this generation there will be an even deeper analysis of preventive measures to stop things of this malicious caliber from occurring. If we band together as a nation and try and put some type of a halt to the killing of our youth we will overcome it. America has been built on the strong principals and values. Once the entire public realizes this and tries to uphold it America will be stronger.

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