WHY? Have we become so desensitized to violence that we can kill innocent people, even little babies ?
What has happened to our society that a person can even think of doing such a thing ?
I believe there are a lot of reasons. One of course is all the violence we see in the movies, television, electronic games etc. Even violence in some of our own homes toward each other.
We see so much of it that we have become accustomed to seeing violence and some seem to think, that's just the way it is.
I believe the " acceptance " of violence starts with lack of parental guidance. Children need to be taught at a very early age to respect life and property. They need to be taught that it is not acceptable to hurt others or take or damage their property.
Teaching is easy if we take advantage of the opportunities. For example, if you see a small child pull it's dogs tail or pick up a pet and throw it, teach them right then by saying no, you will hurt the puppy ( or what ever it is ). Tell them it's not nice to hurt things and ask them if they like to be hurt, if they say they don't like to be hurt then tell them they shouldn't hurt others, even a puppy or kitty.
Unfortunately, too many parents are not teaching their children,( perhaps because they don't know how to) instead they are letting the media do that job, and we can see that the media has not done a good job of teaching good things.
I hear people say" Oh that's just the way it is now " Well it doesn't have to be, if we will treat others the way we want to be treated and teach our children to do the same it will be a better world to live in.
When we first started hearing curse words in movies and television we were shocked by it, now it is common to hear curse words and because we are so accustomed to hearing them we have accepted them as OK or normal.
Violence is the same way, we are seeing so much of it some are beginning to accept it as normal. Well it is not normal for humans to violent toward each other, and we must start teaching our children by word and example that it is not acceptable.
If we let our children watch violence and don't tell them it is wrong, how are they supposed to know it is not acceptable to hurt or kill someone ?
Parents and need to take the responsibility of monitoring what their children watch and who they associate with. If what your child is watching or if who they associate with is not a good influence, then the parents need to restrict that association.
We can make it less violent and a better place to live if we do our part to sensitize our children to bad things, teaching them bad things are wrong and set a good example for them to follow from the time they a very small.
