What is friggin wrong with todays youth? Drive-by's? White kids thinkin and acting like they think they are black thugs? Is it "cool" for white kids to act like black thugs and gang criminals? Again I ask what is wrong with todays youth? Where the heck are their parents and don't they care?
Well. This is a very subjective question. I must say, that for many youths today, they are simple victims of their parents having to earn more money, and spend more time apart from the family in order to make ends meet. The simple fact of the matter is that money requirements are just raising each day if not exponentially each year. The more time the parents stay away from their children, either intentional or by necessity, the children must look to other places for guidance.
For many children, simply talking different, or behaving different is ascribed to what is 'cool' at the time. And, what may you ask defines what is 'cool'? Well that is a social interaction between children. What they perceive as cool for others can often be perceived as what is cool for themselves.
Parents in general are concerned about making sure their children are safe, and are learning, as to how the child develops, etc., they usually leave that to the schools or the doctors; both of which don't really have the resources or time to spend to make the child into a more 'acceptable' adult.
However, the aspect of violence is often subjective in today's day and age. Many times it is just a response to a given stimuli that the child has to face. Because of the competitive nature of our society, those children that do not 'fit in' or are of a 'minority' group tend to be faced with many challenges from those within the 'popular' or 'majority' crowds. Because of this violence is one of the main answers. It is, after all, a base instinct that drives our need for survival.
If one is directly a threat we respond with either a flight or fight response. For many children, the fight response is the primary. The flight response, due to the nature of today's society is considered cowardly, and is not looked upon by children of substantial age (those over 13). Because of this, violence often happens, as do fights and prejudice within the social culture of children and teenagers.
The problem here is that once it has begun, it is very difficult to change the child for the better. Mainly this is because once the stimuli has taken place, and the rezone has taken hold in the child, and the child has no other options given at the time, their brain and thought process is to work with what they are given. In this situation it is simply the aspect of fight without any other choice.
If the child is given another choice besides fighting, or flight, but to talk, and try to disarm, then the situation is different. But, too few parents today can see the merit of talk over fighting. Indeed, many parents are just like their children, seeing fault in many people and then training their children to behave in a similar hateful way.
Religion is also not the answer to this, because many types of religions, to include Christianity, teach you to be intolerant of those who are different. After all, you MUST change them into what YOU are to make them feel needed and accepted. As this is the case with many religions out there, the aspect of religion is not the cure all.
What can be done? Simple accountability of the parents in regards to the child's life. If the parents take a more active stance within their children's life, even if they are unable to direct the time, they can at least make some sort of effort tin other ways. if the child doesn't feel trapped, or hindered, they won't resort to violence on the average. Instead, they will resort to seeking out the aid of their peers and parents to resolve an issue.
But, who knows. The social dogma today is to be a conforming Christian. If you are not one you are a minority. If you are already a minority then you are 2x damned, and sometimes if you are of a minority of a minority 3x damned.
Until the social stratus changes to allow for the variances within the human society, and to allow for true freedoms.