Violent acts

Last week, I witnessed a fight in my cafeteria, and the two people showed no restrain, pushing, shoving, and hurling perverse language at each other. Why are kids so violent these days, and how is it caused? There has been some debate over what we can point at and say is a problem. Blame has been put on our media and what it shows, but if the media is the problem, wouldn't we all be aggressive and violent? I mean, haven't all of us watched our fair share of violent shows? The blame should be placed with the ones who are responsible with the behavior of the children: the parents.

I myself have watched many upon many of violent shows and movies and despite that, I'm not aggressive at all. So, putting blame on the media for violent children is irrelevant. Children may get their ideas of violence from the media, but it all boils down to how they were raised. Parents should take a stronger hold of what their children watch and for how long because if not, the television and computer start raising the children instead of the parents. Parental abuse on the children also increases the chances of the kids themselves to be violent in ways, be it toward their own children or their peers. Peers that are violent or aggressive may spread their behavior to their fellow peers or at least their friends.

It's time to stop blaming the mass media and start looking at the real influences of the kids violence. If we start addressing the real causes of violence, like bad or lack of parenting, we can begin to prevent it. And a quote to remember for readers, "The moment we raise our voices to start a fight, we've already lost."