Submitted by latour09 on 06/16/2011 10:28 PM Flag This Paper
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The parents of the kids growing up are becoming stricter, but one thing they should do, would be to use the S.T.O.P method to figure out what is right and what is wrong for the youth growing up.
Firstly, the parents should Search out the facts and figure out if it is right to deprive a child of viewing or experiencing violence. Some parents might think that it “is the right thing to do,†but then you also have to wonder what you children would be like if you did this to them. You would also have to think about other situations that kids could come across in their everyday life. Your child could come across a bully at school and not know how to act since their parents deprived them of watching violence when they were younger.
Parents should also Think about the alternatives and the consequences that this could have on the child’s life. Instead of taking violence completely out of a child’s life, you could just teach them the right thing, not to copy what they see or just let them have a milder form of violence. There are several consequences to taking violence out of a juvenile’s life which made lead to bad things happening to them in the future or even present day.
You also have to think about Others in this situation, if it’s really the best thing to do. Parents could always talk to the other parents or soon to be parents and figure out if it is alright to eliminate violence out of a youngster’s life. Different people do have different opinions, but you also need to consider that if you are going to keep your child away from violence, that you should also help out the other parents in doing the same thing or at least bending the rules once and a while so that you can get your child accustomed to these kinds of things that they will come across in their lives.
Some parents might even resort to Praying for their child not to experience violence. Parents could even send their children to a priest or bishop once a week and have the...