tal concern: "Where young people find a lack of interest and understanding in the home, they may seek it elsewhere, without finding satisfaction. They may end up hostile and rebellious toward aworld they feel cut off from." says Dorothy Gordon (Who Has The Answer? 20) I have come to the conclusion that these teenagers resort to violence because they are exposed to it everyday. The news, games, television shows, movies, music, and sometimes even the home, is full of violence. So why exactly are things so different now than it was when our parents were teenagers? In a current interview, Marcia Suarez states: " There's too much violence on television that shows children things they should not have to watch because they learn them. In my era, what you saw on television were cartoons. Clean things, no corruption or violence. According to Ms. Suarez, parents nowadays don't have enough time to dedicate to their children as they did in her time. Life now in day is too hectic so the children is home all day while parents are working. Contraire to the present time Marcia says " My mother was always home watching us kids and our behavior. Raising us properly." The last piece of information I gained from our interview was that children have no respect for their parents anymore: "Children don't have respect for their parents. The government takes the authority from the parents because whenever the parent is going to discipline the child, he/she says they're going to call 911. Parental respect was untouchable. Sacred when I was young." With my interview I have gained the knowledge that children are more violent today than when our parents were young because they basically have more liberty. They see things on television and want to try it for themselves. With the government on their side parents can practically be controlled by their children. In our parents era, there was less violence on television and respect which much of today's youth lac...
