people. The same kids are also often laughed at, picked on, or talked about. When this happens these teens and pre-teens often think of revenge as a way of stopping the ridicule from their peers. This often means that the quickest solution is the best solution. Most of these children look for a way of placing more pain upon those that laugh at them. They look for a way to inflict more pain on others as a way of getting them to understand how their words hurt. In most of these cases murder is the best way stop the laughter, jokes, snickering, and fingerpointing.We as a society need to take action against this type of behavior. If we work with our children and play an active role in their life then maybe the violence can stop. Parent should set a positive example for their kids in the hopes that they won’t commit any of these crimes. Most children get their behavior from watching their parents’ behavior. In most cases violent parents produce violent kids. In other cases parents who refuse to see the violence in their child is also allowing that child be violent. Figure 1. --Sixth- through twelfth-graders' reports of the occurrence, witnessing, worry about, or victimization, by selected incidents: 1993. _____________________________________________________________________________PERCENT OF STUDENTS | Occurred | Witnessed | Worried | HappenedON A SCALE OF 0 | | | about | to studentTO 100 |__________|___________|____________|____________ | | | |Bullying, Physical Attack, | | | |or Robbery | 71% | 56% | 25% | 12% | | | |Bullying | 56% | 42% | 18% | 8% | | | |Physical Attack...
