Violence-Do we need to be teaching our children more about emotional and social learning?

It is a general belief that our society is getting crazier every passing day. We see crimes and robberies on the news every day and the youngest among us are also realizing violence is part of our lives.

But, are they more violent than before? It is common to hear of bullying in our schools and even new ways of violence, for example, cyber bulling on the Internet (or 'social networks'). Children can also be really cruel because they do not think of the consequences of their actions and it is difficult to force them to learn this lesson. It is also true that they have less respect for authority than before; we are more rebellious than our parents and grandparents.

However, I think violence is something that has been present in every stage of history. The problem is we had no knowledge of this problem in contrast with the saturation of information we have nowadays. Globalization and new technologies are concepts that our grandparents did not have to worry about. To a certain extent, life was easier back then regarding the awareness of terror and crime. Bearing this in mind, today's parents and teachers should be more careful with what children are exposed to.

In conclusion, parents pay less attention to their children due to the hustle and bustle lifestyle we have and this could provoke a major susceptibility to violence. Nevertheless, I do not believe than an extra charge (not quite sure what you mean here) of emotion by tutors would be the solution. Children have to learn to balance their lives among family, friends and new technologies without neglecting any of these.

Very well written and an interesting topic! Some of my corrections are just nit-picking, I understood what you were saying for the most part.