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Originally Posted by NWRA
It’s surprising when politicians/newspaper columnists, etc, say that the parents (of kids in gangs) need to take responsibility for their offspring’s actions; when those parents (and probably grandparents) are usually as bad or worse. The stabbers are the products of three or four generations of thugs. They don't have morals or a conscience because there is nobody to instil those things in them. I think these things need to be taught in schools subtly, somehow, at a very young age; emotional intelligence at that age is as important as intelligence.
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This is a good point.
There are two things that I personally think trigger violent behaviour with kids in general, at least in big urban areas with insormountable problems: one is the family enviroment they are born in, where adults lacking the necessary maturity to raise a child too often also try to cope with surviving themselves, therefore neglection takes place on a regular basis.
When kids start growing up they find themselves stuck into an educational system that generally fails to provide them with what's lacking at home, often because the teachers themselves - and trust me, I know enough people who teach who could confirm this - find it frustrating dealing with them or lack interest in finding out new methods of communicating knowledge in the classroom because of the nightmerish infrastructure that many schools offer to both parties in general.
It's only normal that a young person's frustration and sense of validation needs to find new ways to manifest itself, and at that age violence or aggressive behaviour are part of the hormonal process when everything else fails to make an impact.
I disagree about the rap thing. It's true that there are kids who go for that gangsta attitude, but even if you took the music out I bet the violence would still be there. Also, art can open up opportunities to redeem individuals - think about certain community centres that use it to drag young people off the streets, often with a meagre budget- so what you gain from it is subjective, rather than definite.