Are kids different today?
Children and teens are forced to grow up faster today then ever before. There’s a far greater pressure on them to succeed and far more serious obstacles for them to overcome. Drug abuse is a major difference, but so too is the amount of violence occurring in our society on a daily basis. Community, in many places, is just a foreign concept. Young people too often become isolated and fall prey to negative influences without anyone noticing the problem until it’s too late. Why are kids so drawn to violence? Everybody wants to point the finger of blame, but quite frankly, we live in a violent society. I’m talking about a society where violence is almost an acceptable form of behavior. Young people emulate that behavior. Kids need to feel included in society so they don’t feel excluded from the world around them and act out against it. By the time a kid has been drawn into violent behavior many people have misunderstood that kid and also missed the chance to create a positive influence in
