violence among youth
Pop, Bang! When I had just heard it, I didn't think too much of what it might be. I was thinking, "Why is someone doing fireworks in the middle of the day?" BANG BANG! What is that noise? It's getting louder. Where's my brother? When is he getting home? I hope he has the keys because I forgot mine in the house. I saw my brother walking slowly down the street. "Matthew," I called, "hurry up and open the door!" He must have seen the fear in my face because his innocent smile quickly disappeared. Screeching tires come around the corner; I see two cars racing down the street. "MATTHEW GET OUT OF THE WAY!" I grab my brother and pull him to safety. "Get down...GET DOWN!" As my brother and I crouched behind a car, questions raced through my mind, and I burned for some answers. How can this be happening to us? This is my neighborhood, and it is suppose to be safe! CRASH! BANG BANG! Oh my God! That's been the noise I heard. It was the bullets from a gun. I finally understood that there was an actual drive-by-shooting on my street, again. Why can't these jerks just get over it! The fact is neighborhoods across the nation are afflicted with these dangerous, even deadly, crimes. This unwanted experience was a wake up call for me in t
hat I realized how big a problem violence in America actually is. Unfortunately, violent acts are not confined to drive-by-shootings. Every time there is a conflict among youth in America it involves some type of weapon and especially guns. Alcohol, growing up in a violent home, and access to guns are some main reasons why youth are solving their anger with violence. The full involvement of the community is critical to developing a sense of ownership for the problem of violence and its solutions. Some effective strategies that could help to reduce youth violence is to include school-based curricula that emphasize the development of problem solving skills, anger management, and other strategies that help kids develop social skills. In addition, parenting programs that promote strong bonding between parents and children and that teach parents skills in managing conflict in the family, as well as mentoring programs for young people, are also very promising. If we can do these simple task we will have a much better and safer society to live in than what it is today. Gun accessibility contributes to violence greatly and has been a major catastrophic problem in America. Everyone either has accesses to one or can get a gun easily. Guns only tell the person that is using the gun that they have all the control and the other person doesn't because the person with the gun holds the other person's life at stake. However, they are really the one's without any power and they cannot control themselves because they are not controlling their anger. Anger is what caus
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Approximate Word count = 1055
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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