milies it is hard for parents to get together with their children and just listen to School Violence 10them. If we can all work together, that would be a major step forward in the battle against school violence. The problem of school violence includes many different facets. Whether it be something small like a hallway fight or as devastating as a shooting, school violence as a whole affects people of every race, religion, and creed and usually is the result of one’s issues of wanting to feel in control after being “pushed around” or just wanting to be in the spotlight. As we have just entered into a new millennium, children are able to gain greater access to knowledge of violent ideas, whether it be through the Internet or by the programs on television. The problem that I believe is the most interconnected with this subject is the decline in morals and family values. When children are first born, they don’t have knowledge of anything. All of the behaviors are learned from somewhere. If families came together and learned right and wrong from each other, then I don’t believe that school violence would be as bad as it is today.Are the kids learning methods of violence from television or the media? I guess that it is hard to say. It seems that as our society is getting more technologically advanced, we tend to lose sight of what is important. Family values of yesterday are not valued today. As seen in the old black-and-white television programs, the entire family sat down for dinner and talked about their day. Children had no reservations going to their mother or father for advice, and problems were talked through. It is not to say that technologically we should be back in those times, but overall family relationships have worsened. Problems School Violence 11with children should be considered more rather than just thrown aside. As a society, Everyone is so concerned with status, that some of the...
