Why Are Young People So Angry and Violent These Days?

They seem to have very little social skills or sense of reality. Maybe too many hours immersed in violent video games has not let them mature normally, or have empathy for others as some have suggested in the past. I guess we'll find out more about why this kid blew like that, and if he was on anything. In the olden days, the boy may have just kicked something and stormed out of the building, then his family and friends would help him cool off and gain perspective of the rejection.
 

I read an article last week about the declining real-world social skills of our adolescents, and it placed a large part of the responsibility not only upon the video games but electronic communication as a whole. Facebook is a biggie in this - it offers "friendships" that can not only be started and stopped instantly, but also bought (paid advertising for "Likes").

Cell phone texting adds to the problem, according to the article. All of these vicarious social interactions do not prepare the kids for the real world, and when their coping mechanisms suddenly stop working they blow a gasket.
 
Seems like man is slowly destroying itself with all the new technology. I hear that babies are set in front of TVs and computer monitors, and given tablets to use/play with as soon as they're able to...that's gotta be a bad thing for them both physically, emotionally and mentally.
 
Seabreeze;
They seem to have very little social skills or sense of reality. Maybe too many hours immersed in violent video games has not let them mature normally, or have empathy for others as some have suggested in the past.
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I agree entirely. We had our g/kids over the Easter weekend, and got a big incite into the reasons why (some) of the younger generation become suicidal. The g/kids are 17 & 13 and their whole life revolves around Facebook, Twitter and the likes, plus spending all day & half the night texting to all and sundry. They do not have the maturity to be be able to cope/handle all the nasty comments that come their way.
The 17year old through a hissy fit because she was not allowed, at the start, to go out and buy a dozen eggs to throw at each other, !! true. They saw their 'mates' doing it on FB,.
She knows how to manipulate her mother, so mother gave in, & handed over $10 dollars for eggs.
I was so taken aback, then quite stroppy, there was no way they were going to throw eggs around my house or even outside. Their mother's suggestion was, 'get your mates around when you get home, it will be fun'.!!
Where is the guidance, where is expecting them to fit in around the home,? it doesn't exist.
All my questions over the years were answered with this visit. I'm far from impressed.
 
I had my grand-nephews visit me when they were 7 and 9 yrs. old. They had trouble putting down their little game toy, even when they were at the dinner table. From what I understand, they both have Facebook accounts. I don't belong to facebook, twitter or my space, and don't intend to ever join.

It seems that the kids (and sometimes their parents) don't even live 'normal' lives anymore. They post what they had for breakfast, take selfies of themselves at the shopping mall, and can't do anything really without relating to posting it on Facebook, and maybe outdoing the last person. Those social sites seem to be very competitive, and very hurtful by those who like to bully.

I don't have kids, but I would definitely limit their computer/video-game time if I did. The egg throwing thing would have been less ridiculous, if they just sat around talking to each other in person, and decided to do it for fun. The fact that they were copying someone who did it on facebook makes it creepy, IMO. :(
 
You know what I think as well as everything that you all have already posted?

When we were young if we got turned down for a date we smarted a little, perhaps embarrassed a little, but we got over it after spending a day in our rooms with the latest romantic record playing in the background.

Today youngsters chat up each other in public, all over social networking sites FB et al, so if they are given a rejection then it's there for all to see, and the public humiliation is too much for them to bear...and having little or no social skills due to the electronic way of living their lives, they cannot accept what they perceive to be humiliation in front of their peers, hence the anger and rage from so many of them over what we would in our day have perceived to be something very trivial.
 
It is ironic that such an incredible increase of knowledge provided by the internet, personnel hand communicators, and other electronic devices, has led to a dumbing down of humanity. Until FB and such are regarded as the social disease they are, not much will change.
 
Why Are Young People So Angry and Violent These Days?


One word.....parents,they are both so busy working 8-10 a day to give junior everything he wants.
 
hollydolly said:
Today youngsters chat up each other in public, all over social networking sites FB et al, so if they are given a rejection then it's there for all to see, and the public humiliation is too much for them to bear...and having little or no social skills due to the electronic way of living their lives, they cannot accept what they perceive to be humiliation in front of their peers, hence the anger and rage from so many of them over what we would in our day have perceived to be something very trivial.
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I agree. Also the fact that parents praise them all the time for doing nothing, giving them an inflated feeling of self-worth. Even their clothing says things which give the appearance that they have very high self-esteem, and they are better than others around them. It's a shame that a young girl can't refuse a date without losing her life or ending up in the hospital.

Davey Jones said:

One word.....parents,they are both so busy working 8-10 a day to give junior everything he wants.
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I agree it all starts with the parents. Only problem is some aren't busy out working and making a living, they're busy sitting at home in front of the TV or their facebook, collecting their welfare checks and food stamps. They have no interest in teaching their kids right from wrong, and what goes on in the real world, many of them don't know themselves. :(
 
SeaBreeze said:
I had my grand-nephews visit me when they were 7 and 9 yrs. old. They had trouble putting down their little game toy, even when they were at the dinner table. From what I understand, they both have Facebook accounts. I don't belong to facebook, twitter or my space, and don't intend to ever join.

It seems that the kids (and sometimes their parents) don't even live 'normal' lives anymore. They post what they had for breakfast, take selfies of themselves at the shopping mall, and can't do anything really without relating to posting it on Facebook, and maybe outdoing the last person. Those social sites seem to be very competitive, and very hurtful by those who like to bully.

I don't have kids, but I would definitely limit their computer/video-game time if I did. The egg throwing thing would have been less ridiculous, if they just sat around talking to each other in person, and decided to do it for fun. The fact that they were copying someone who did it on facebook makes it creepy, IMO. :(
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why 2 girls would want to get in a mess from throwing eggs at one another,! 2 littlies yes, but not secondary school girls.Never mind the cost of the eggs, $8 for 1 dozen, forget it.
Their next idea was to fill their mouths with easter eggs to see how many they could get in and be able to talk as well.(& perhaps choking on them wasn't considered, it couldn't happen, yere right. )
 
On the contrary, I think most young people these days are perfectly decent if you give them a chance.

As for the lad in question. Very sad but a minority case. I'm thinking maybe he was on some pharmaceutical drug or steroids. A growing number of out of character behaviour and ultra violent outbursts occurring with people who take these substances.
 
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The do gooder's great social experiment as failed.
They have taken all the powers off the Police, Schools and the law.
 
Guns have replaced fist fights/shoving each other around. When kids don't get what they want, some run away while others go to the highest extreme and kill their parents. Then, there are kids like the boys that shot/killed a jogger and when asked why they did it, they said "we just wanted to know what it would be like to kill someone". America is a WILD society today and isn't getting any better!
 
Video games are so violent and lifelike, and also many movies, that life is not valued...kids and even adults are becoming desensitized to violence and death...life doesn't seem to hold as much value. Many times, if you don't want to be married anymore, don't divorce, just kill the wife or husband, and at times, the whole family and then themselves.

The media sensationalizes the violence, producing copy cat killings. Many times violence can be happening on our streets, and people just ignore it, and go about their business, even to the point of stepping over the victims. Scary times.

As others mentioned the medication given to the young, causes a certain amount of loss of feelings, and the lack of real time with friends and family and too much dependence on tech toys take over lives.
 
Some kids were angry and violent when I was growing up in the 50s, but most kids aren't that way inclined, imo!
 
A lot of interesting & spot on observations by all.

My two cents: Not only is it the violent imagery they are being constantly bombarded with via video games, TV, movies & even the "music" they listen to, but they are constantly being reminded by the spineless, limp-wristed, panty-waist adults around them, that they are fragile, precious & so easily bruised, both physically & emotionally, that to even so much as look at them too sternly, might cause them to suffer such irreparable damage to their self esteem, that it would ruin their lives, destroy their futures & only be corrected by their parents hiring a lawyer & filing a lawsuit against whoever the monster was, who dared cast a scowl their way.

Case in point, there was a 12 year old girl in a nearby town who, a couple of years or so ago, after being harassed & bullied on Facebook by a group of her peers, snuck out of her house one night, climbed up a metal tower at a nearby concrete plant, & jumped to her death. It was just reported on the local news yesterday, that the family has filed lawsuits against the families of the children who harassed her as well as the school board.

Really? We're suing children now?

My question, & the one I would ask if I were the lawyers for the defense, is, "Where was this girl's mother when she should have been instilling a sense of self confidence in her daughter? Why was this girl allowed to believe that she was such a fragile, delicate little thing, that she couldn't withstand another day of life in a world where a few other mean-spirited little girls didn't like her??? Why did her mother not teach her to stand up for her self, look those other kids in the eye & say 'I'm better than you & your opinion means nothing to me!!'

If I were the defense attorney for any or all of these families, I would at the very least, claim contributory negligence on the part of the girl's mother, based on that.

So, not only are parents allowing their kids to be brainwashed by violent imagery in the media, they are at the same time giving them the idea that they are more precious than the rarest of jewels & that offending them is the worst crime another human can commit. Add easy access to guns into the mix & you might as well be storing the gasoline & fireworks together, beneath the pile of oily rags.

No surprise that every generation is becoming more screwed up than the last one.
 
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On the button, MrJim.

It seems to be the fashion these days to exhibit the victim personality, and Buddha forbid you call attention to it - you're instantly attacked by all the wishy-washy parents as being heartless and cruel for pointing it out.

According to Wikipedia some of the reasons for teen suicide include:




Sure we have enough on that list, Wiki? How about losing a video game? Misplacing your iPhone? Light turning yellow as you approach the intersection?

I'm not saying there aren't actual conditions that lead a teen to a suicide attempt; I'm just saying that the conditions have been expanded many times over and include some highly questionable motivating causes.

It's either that, or we're producing succeedingly weaker generations ...
 
For a long time, I have told my wife that I believe the major issues in children and most adults under the age of 40 have all stemmed from the fact that Mom had to be taken out of the home and go to work to help support the family. A two-family income is almost mandatory today to give the kids all the toys they want, not to mention every new tech device that comes down the road for Mom and Dad. It seems that most families want new or newer cars and all the goodies like top of the line cell phones, TVs, and every app that is available. Most young families and kids want it all and they want it now.

A lot of kids that are walking around with ADD and ADHD may be better off if Mom were home to be in charge and teach the children what is expected of them as they grow up, instead of learning it from their friends, who have no idea themselves. I fully understand that many Moms today want a career of their own, but look at what we have ended up with. My Mother was a stay at home Mom and I believe my sister and I turned out better than most kids are today. If we had serial killers and rapists, child molesters and predators, I never heard about them. My Mother ran the house. Dad brought home the bacon and Mom spent it paying the bills, buying food and what was left, she maybe put a little away for perhaps a small vacation come summer. If we (the kids) wanted money to go to the movies or skating or whatever, we used our allowance. I can't remember a time when I walked up to my Dad and told him that I needed money to go run with my friends. At 14, I had my first job and I was allowed to keep a little and save a little.

Yeah, those were the days.
 
I don't think it's just young people who have this problem. I think people in general are more angry, including Seniors. It used to be that anger may find its way into a conversation or discussion, eventually, after long while, or even never. Today it seems like anger is front-loaded into every discussion or exchange. It's sorta like "road-rage" with out the road and car.
 
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I don't think it's just young people who have this problem. I think people in general are more angry, including Seniors. It used to be that anger may find its way into a conversation or discussion, eventually, after long while, or even never. Today it seems like anger is front-loaded into every discussion or exchange. It's sorta like "road-rage" with out the road and car.
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I think you are right about that.
 
oldman said:
For a long time, I have told my wife that I believe the major issues in children and most adults under the age of 40 have all stemmed from the fact that Mom had to be taken out of the home and go to work to help support the family. A two-family income is almost mandatory today to give the kids all the toys they want, not to mention every new tech device that comes down the road for Mom and Dad. It seems that most families want new or newer cars and all the goodies like top of the line cell phones, TVs, and every app that is available. Most young families and kids want it all and they want it now.

A lot of kids that are walking around with ADD and ADHD may be better off if Mom were home to be in charge and teach the children what is expected of them as they grow up, instead of learning it from their friends, who have no idea themselves. I fully understand that many Moms today want a career of their own, but look at what we have ended up with. My Mother was a stay at home Mom and I believe my sister and I turned out better than most kids are today. If we had serial killers and rapists, child molesters and predators, I never heard about them. My Mother ran the house. Dad brought home the bacon and Mom spent it paying the bills, buying food and what was left, she maybe put a little away for perhaps a small vacation come summer. If we (the kids) wanted money to go to the movies or skating or whatever, we used our allowance. I can't remember a time when I walked up to my Dad and told him that I needed money to go run with my friends. At 14, I had my first job and I was allowed to keep a little and save a little.

Yeah, those were the days.
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Certainly a lot of merit in what you say there, but that is only one component of the problem.

When I was a kid growing up in the late 60's & early 70's, both my parents worked. Not so we could have expensive goodies, because we had few of those, but just to pay the bills & maybe have a little left over at the end of the month just in case. This was the case with many of my friends too. And there wasn't anywhere near the drama with us that there is with kids these days.

When I was working as a high school sub just a few years ago, there was one day, on one campus, when every administrator on duty as well as campus security, had to patrol the grounds between & during class looking for & trying to prevent fights that were breaking out. Some kind of gang thing.

When I was in high school, we didn't even HAVE a campus security patrol!!!

Wasn't needed.
 

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