whatthehey78 said:
My question...why do these kids choose murder, instead of some other act to satisfy their anger issue???
I'm old, but my generation seemed to NEVER consider murder as a solution. What is at the root cause for the change?
A lot of things. My personal opinions on primary causational factors:
1. Almost all of these types of incidents come from single parent (or divorced parent) households. While some divorced couples manage well after the divorce, it seems like a whole lot more remain bitter for the entirety of their lives after, and a crap ton of them (mostly women in this case) use kids as a tool to punish the ex husband with. Doing so, IMO, does irreparable harm to the psyche of the kids.
2. Lack of discipline. Yeah, I'm an old. No, I don't care. As a husband who's wife is in the education system, the abject lack of discipline is a huge problem. Kids should have some level of fear of their parents, teachers, adults in authority. Most these days do not because we have too many helicopter moms and beta dads that think putting a kid in time out for 3 minutes is the answer.
3. Psychotropic drugs. It seems that 75% of kids these days are on some form of psychotropic drug from a very early age. Parents don't want or let kids be kids, it's easier to drug them up so they are docile and parents can do whatever it is they do instead of encouraging kids to do things kids should be doing - which are activities that develop the mind and body through old school stuff like being outside, riding bikes, playing backyard football and baseball, doing things that kids should be doing. That doesn't mean you eliminate TV, phones or computer time completely - there is a healthy mix that can be found. Kids, by design, need to be kids. They are energetic, excitable and are designed to move and burn energy. Things like recess in elementary school, PE classes and *gasp* summer breaks are all very beneficial. They give kids an outlet to burn energy and stress and let them be kids.
4. Social media. Like it or not, and it has a lot of great qualities, social media and the 24/7 news cycle of absolute garbage news we hear day in and day out plays a major role in how these types of people develop mentally. Why do you think almost every single one has so many similarities in their lives? They are force fed garbage from the time the wake up to the time they go to sleep - and make no mistake about it, it is absolute pure garbage.
One of the single biggest things that has happened in our lifetime that is - again, my opinion - a major contributing factor is the destruction of the family unit. The idea that a nuclear family being a good thing is attacked every day. The idea that things like being religious and going to church are good things are attacked every day. The feds have rewarded being a single mom, they have incentivized having kids out of wedlock. Parents spend, it seems, very little time with their kids in a setting other than watching TV anymore. Parents want to be friends and not parents. It is also amazing at just how important having a stable father figure is in the lives of children - boys more than girls, but certainly girls as well. Kids need the balance of a mother and a father, and there is no denying that really.
I know this is painting with a broad brush and some texag libtard will come in and try to split hairs with everything I said above, but it is damned hard to argue outside of just needing to argue.