ressive behaviour in children.There are three types of relationships between parents and their children, the first is a positive, linear one: some researchers have contended that any parental aggression may be positive and casually related to the development of antisocial aggression, the second group suggested that lack of physical punishment may contribute casually to the development of aggression and in the third group there was either too little or too much physical punishment that may increase the probability of aggressive behaviour in children(Kandel, Pg. 2). '' Children learn to be civilized by watching adults behave in civilized ways. But it is not enough for us to demonstate behaviours that are merely socially acceptable. We must also demonstrate how to be caring, compassionate, and kind to our own children, to our friends children, to children who areat risk of becoming violent or of becoming victims, ect. in other words, to all children.(Birckmayer, Pg. 2) '' Most child homicides are perpetrated by their caregivers , '' What are the long-term effects of knowing that one's own home is the most dangerous place to be?(Cole & Flanagin, Pg. 2)''There is no single explanation for violent behaviour. Significant contributors to violence are poverty, racism, unemployment, illegal drugs, inadequate parenting practices, and adult models of violent behaviour in real life and in the media. Violence on TV can help cause aggresive behaviour but, one must be reminded that not every person who watches violence on TV becomes violent(Birckmayer, Pg. 1). Our society needs to understand why this is so. Research suggests that violence arises from the interactions among individuals' psychosocial development, their neurological and hormonal differences, and social process(Birckmayer, Pg. 1). The actions each of us takes to reduce violence are matters of individual conscience, skills, resources and opportunities. The escalation of violence ...
