First off, in order to curb the rise in youth violence it is necessary to realize how serious this problem truly is. A

Now that the influences of youth violence have all been explained it is necessary to look at how one can stop youth violence. Since some of the problems can be attributed to the home, school, and media we must also look there for solutions.

Finally, the school system also must try to make schools safe for children. If this means placing metal detectors and guards at school doors, so be it . . . but the answer to this problem is probably a lot simpler. Students need to know that they can go to their teachers if they do not feel safe, or if they have been threatened. Students also need to know that their teachers will do something about the way they feel. Teachers have the responsibility of informing students that teachers care about them and want to positively influence their lives. By promoting a caring environment, kids will feel as if they have support, and someone to talk to about their concerns at school. School administrators also have the responsibility to make schools safe. Individual school dynamics are all different, and therefore different actions will have to be taken, but the results should be the some widespread. Students need to know that they can attend school without being hurt or killed, and with out having to witness pain and murder.

Media also must take responsibility for its' actions. The first step in doing this is that media must admit that their programming influences youth. "The tobacco has denied that tobacco is addicting for years, just as the media industry has denied the harmful effects of violent TV," (Garner 196). After making this admission, the media industry needs to avoid broadcasting violent television during times when the parents might not be home to turn the TV off. While this does not seem like a viable solution, another thing that media should consider is promoting a widespread v-chip campaign. Not only would this help the media's image concerning television's influence on violence, it would also make it unnecessary for them to change daily programming. This campaign would promote using the v-chip, and it would put the responsibility of the harmful effects of violent television into the parent's hands, not the media executive. While this campaign would result in a decrease in profits for some parts of the media industry, it will also help the media image overall.

The biggest thing that parents need to do is support their children. "They need to be aware of what their kids are doing, who their friends are, and if their kid is making bombs," (28) according to a Newsweek article. Moreover, parents need to teach their children morals that will, in turn, influence a child's decision between right and wrong. "Parents are the major factor considered when looking at a child's morals," Newsweek stated. "Children learn what is right and wrong from their parents at a very young age," the article concluded.

Not only does T.V. effect the way youth interact with each other, data published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that graphic depictions of suicide on television are often followed by a dramatic rise in teen suicides. Thirty-five boys and young men between the ages of 8 and 31 killed themselves playing Russian roulette while imitating a scene from Director Martin Scorsese's The Deer Hunter, shortly after the movie aired on national TV.

Another issue that has recently been brought up when researching media and teen violence is the idea that video games teach kids how to kill. The FBI says that the average law enforcement person hits 1 in 5 moving targets. An eyewitness to the Paducah shootings said that Michael Carneal never moved his feet, put two hands on his gun, and hit 8 out of 8 kids-most of them moving and diving targets. He fired 8 shots: 5 were headshots and 3

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