Thursday, October 20, 2011

Impact of Violence and War

Violence and crime greatly affects American culture today. Violence especially affects the vast majority of Americans including young children. Every day in our own nearby cities people and shot, robbed, kidnapped ect. The sad part about this is that it isn’t far away or only on TV. Kids growing up in poorer cities or in urban areas see this as a regular. Some kids grow up not knowing anyone that hasn’t been to jail or drugs or shoot someone. They grow up thinking that it is something okay to do and end up doing it themselves. Some kids say that one of their friends or family went to jail, as if they were saying they had gone to the grocery store which is awful to think about, but it is true. This is becoming a great issue especially in mainland cities. War is also having a great impact on young kids as well. Kids are behaving in a bad way towards certain types of people because they believe that they are the cause for violence. If a young child grows up in a family that believes the cause of all violence is Middle Eastern people because of what had happen in 9/11, the child will grow up hating those types of people because of what they were taught and had went on.

Linkhttp://www.icyrnet.net/UserFiles/vol9no3Art3.pdf

4 comments:

  1. Every adult holds accountability for themselves. What is so sad is that some children grow up around these things and they don't understand that they are wrong. I know this because of behavioral issues my children had after being exposed to violence. A lot of times children pick up on these things because of a parent. A parent should be a role model for their child. Children look up to their parents and watch everything they do. They often mimic the behaviors of their parents. All children do it, it's nature. Very sad anyway. Great point! This makes me think about what I can do as a parent to be a better role model for my children.

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  2. I agree with the stereotyping that came with the 9/11 incident. The things that violence brings about is so sad. It creates racism imbedded into our younger generations.

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  3. Families have a huge responsibility to their children to set a good example. The sad thing is that a lot of children become this way because their family is stuck in a cycle of violence. Often times the parents' were violent because their parents' were violent. It's so hard to break the cycle. Children learn by example and if their family is stuck in the violence circle then most likely the child will be violent because they think that's what you do. I agree with you that it's what children are taught.

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  4. I agree with family and friend are a big part of the Children life . Children are copy what they see in their society. Violent is everywhere , but we can run for violent it on TV , music , radio , news. The children will do what is being done in their house.

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