Are social networks on the internet, inciting teen violence?

I live in Baltimore. If you haven't been here, don't come. Just the other day this girl beat up her teacher, and it was recorded on someone cell phone and posted on the internet. (sorry i don't know how to do that yet). Well today another teacher was beaten up. WTH is going on? This is getting out of hand. All the shootings, gangs, fights. Do you think the parents should be held accountable? Should we go back to teachers being able to discipline the students? Do anyone have any answers/suggestions? This amount of violence in this city is really starting to get to me. I'm starting to think i have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. You equate that with veterans of war. I don't go out at night. I scare to death of teenagers and young adults. Is this normal? How does the internet contribute to this?

Are social networks on the internet, inciting teen violence?
This is a hard question for me to answer because of the "bad parenting" rap.





I agree some parents are bad and have too much leeway for their kids. I agree the mounting violence on TV may be a contributing factor. I agree that teen social networking on the internet has its dangers and can cause the possibility of inciting defiance among a group of internet peers. I agree kids have no fear or no respect of authority





However this is not ALL kids. I do want to make that clear. There are kids who succeed quite well and become contributing factors within society. Do we hear enough about them? I think the fact sensationlistic news is more apt to be aired as a miserable reward for those who instead do good for others as examples what can and should be achieved





Yes I do avoid being caught up in a group of teens too. I think it is survivor's instincts. Today's kids lack fear. I think every adult sort of feels this way. I don't think the internet is the sole contributor to the cause. I think there are too many variables in the mix. I will say this much. I think loss of the family dinner time where everyone sat together, no TV, no telephone, and no other form of distractions is sorely missed. It was the one time of the day where everyone talked about their day, unwound, reconnected as a family unit, discussed problems and solutions that occurred during that time, and the family unit became whole all over again. I am guilty of that not happening because of my long work hours.





Why I may have a bit of issue with the accountability of parents is because not all parents are guilty of being bad parents. Sometimes, kids are what they are no matter what you do for them.





I am a bad parent. It is the first preconceived thought every school official, teacher, 4 child social workesr, 3 child school psychologists, and even first introduced private psychologist has of me. I am on my 6th school since my child was 3. Until... they have gotten to know ME and my moral standards and my philosophy of child rearing and expectations.





Unfortunately, my child is intellectually above average but emotionally immature. It hinders him in many social skills because he thinks like an adult but of course he does not have adult emotions. He does not understand why adults treat him like a kids. His mind is trapped in a child's body. He is a mental chess player and proficient at it. He manipulates people and situations to mold his "ideal" environment. He can border on sociopathy (has not gone over the line yet) and has borderline Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD). He behaves when he chooses to and misbehaves when he willfully chooses to all for an end goal that the rest of the adults may not see because he is discounted for being 11 yrs of old. They are incapable of seeing his acuity at manipulation so they become unwitting pawns.





I am stern and I give him no quarter. So his manipulation of me is minimal (yes he sometimes succeeds if I am not thinking 42 steps ahead of him and figuring out his end goal). He knows with me, he is expected to behave and not rewarded for behavior. He knows the consequences of being caught in manipuation and he knows i can be very harsh. He behaves for me when he is with me. He has FEAR of me as he knows the outcome when he misbehaves. Unfortunately, when I am not about, then it is a different story because he knows the others discount him for being 11





So now we are on our 3rd psychologist because I felt he "fooled" the previous other 2 as they thought him "whole" after they were forewarned, this is not your typical 9 yr old, then 10, now 11. Please be aware, this child KNOWS right from wrong and he knows how to give the appropriate answers you want to hear. He knows what it takes to get the response he wants out of you.





So hopefully, you will see, even though my child does bad things, it is not because his parent is a bad parent. His step father is wonderfully patient with all of this and still loves the both of us no matter what.





Based on the history you jsut heard and should my child do something bad, would you consider me a bad parent?
Reply:read the title and the answer is yes hands down sure-fire to point blank range with a automatic shotgun accuraccy ...basically you are that much on the money
Reply:No, bad parenting or child neglect %26amp; unruly kids are at fault for the increase of teen violence. It's not video games, television nor the internet. The US mis-education system is to blame for dumbing down the parents that are now raising dumb children who don't know any better. Times are getting harder %26amp; it's just going to get worse before it has a chance to get better.

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