Tuesday, November 01 2005 - 01:43 PM
Uncontrollable Violence?
What’s with today’s youth? Can anyone tell me, seriously? I’m not looking for sarcastic comments here, or solutions that are outrageous and would never happen/work. I want some serious answers here. Cause this is a lot of bull.

My whole rant on this began way back in April when Greg Harris killed Jeremy Rourke. Killed. Killed. Not hurt, not hit…killed. Jeremy will never breathe, walk, speak, laugh, love, read, write, play, learn, teach or LIVE ever again. He’s gone. At a ripe old age of 15. Yeah, he lived a long, full life.

Now, we see Shane Jacoby. He’s kicked, IN THE FACE, by another boy wearing cleats! CLEATS! You know, those spikey shoes? SPIKEY shoes? What the Hell is going on here?! Since when do children, CHILDREN, attack other children out of violence and try to hurt them?!! This is insane. This is out of hand. This needs to STOP.

Shane is 11 years-old. Greg is 13. Jeremy was 15. This should not be happening. Little kids should not be hurting each other, trying to hurt each other. Actually wanting to do some damage. No way. Now, as a society, we like to point the finger. We gotta find someone to blame for these things, because it’s never our own fault, no. But in this case, I’ll point a finger too…at the parents.

What the hell is wrong here?!? Your kids, your sweet, innocent kids, are HURTING each other!! WAKE UP! Bullying is a MAJOR, MAJOR problem in the schools, and it’s only being solved with violence. There’s nothing going on to stop this!!

I say parents because they’re the ones who are supposed to be raising these kids…and what do these kids do? They go out and hurt other kids. What kind of parenting is that? You say one thing that might cause this stuff: music, TV, video games, whatever…it all goes back to the parents. They have the final control over the kids, whether they know it, believe it, or not. Then, there are the kinds of parents who don’t control their kids…their kids control them!! Like the ones you see so often on Maury and Montel and all that junk. PATHETIC.

I’m not a parent, and I already know so much about parenting. At least, I’d like to think so. But I mean, this stuff is obvious to me! You don’t let your kids go around KICKING OTHER KIDS WITH THEIR CLEATS ON!!

I know, it’s hard for some parents to keep track of their children’s lives, but it’s not impossible. I realize that a majority of residents in this valley work down below or elsewhere, and most of their day is taken up by the commute, but for PETE’S SAKE, it’s not hard to check up on the schools and homework and the notes that are sent home with the students! Most of the parents are just too lazy to do so! Yeah, I said it. They’re LAZY. They’re “too tired” from working all day. Well, I guess then it’s not your fault at all when your son KILLS another kid with a BAT because he was teased a little bit. No, not at all.

What’s with all these parents not monitoring their children? Is it because the kids say “Oh, I need my privacy!”? or is it that they’re so passive and want their child to have everything so they don’t crack down on the misdoings? Well, guess what…their misdoings will become their undoings. Real quick.

Bullying at school is a major problem, whether you choose to believe so or not. Take it from me, one who was bullied throughout a majority of my school-life. Just read through my “No Bull” blog and you’ll see just how serious it is. Kids these days don’t know how to express themselves, to defend themselves, without the use of violence! And that’s a problem! They need positive role-models in their lives, and guess what! THAT’S YOU, PARENTS! Even if you are gone most of the day, you still have that time together in the evening, when you get home.

Talk to your kids, ask them about their day. Enforce it, if you have to. But you NEED to know what’s going on at their school! Make it a point to call the school every week and ask if your student has caused trouble, or is slacking in class, or whatever the progress may be. Get a weekly progress report! Something! Cause, my God, this has gone way, way too far. Like Shane Jacoby’s father, Joe Jacoby, said after his son was kicked in the face, how long will it take until somebody else’s kid is killed?

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