Our Troubled Youth
Tim Williams
October 23, 2008
What can be done to stem the tide of increasing youth related crimes.
" It was the best of times. It was the worst of times." Charles Dickens opening to the Tale of Two Cities. A story of the French Revolution. How aprope for today! And yet strange as it may seem the complexity of living now compared to then. Who would have thought we'd come this far. Or did we? In some aspects like technology, have brought unparalled advances toward a beter quality of life. You would think that along with technology society would also. But , alas it has not.
In all the news of today a sense of foreboding tension, a silent force that is ripping across our moral fiber, a sagging truth of unprecedented demise of morality, liberty, and justice. A world we once new, is no more. We must face the consequences of our actions and of our inactions. What we have done in the name of social liberalization is directly affecting our society.
The United States Constitution guarantees Freedom of Speech. This right comes with a responsibility. What we say does have a direct affect on the actions of others. A case in point; The Federal Communications Standard for appropiate expression on TV, radio, recordings, Magazines etc. Now studies and statistics show that there is a direct correlation with the escalation of youth violence with the relxing of acceptable standards by public forms of communication.
Our youth are very impressionable and are not fully capable mentally of handling the responsibility of today's freedom of expression. A good example is noted in the book " Lord of the Flies." Education is the best approach but along with education has to come with it's own natural maturity that comes through the aging process from infancy through young adult. Each phase of aging comes with it's own physical, mental, and emotional progressions. If we skip from adolesence to young adult with-out going through the natural aging progressions these individuals will not be equiped in all aspects to handle the responsibilities that are imposed on the life cycle they are thrust into.
The youth of today are continually being exposed to ideas, situations, and material items they are not yet equiped mentally, physically, emotionaly, and socially to effectively ues. This causes great harm not only to themselves but to society as well. What needs to be done is to reestablish the standards of concuct and speech that were enforced back in the middle of the 20th century. The rebuilding of ethical standards is essential for the continuation of our society. What happens when a society reverts to rampant disreguard for themselves and others is a destruction of freedom everywhere.
" It was the best of times. It was the worst of times." Charles Dickens opening to the Tale of Two Cities. A story of the French Revolution. How aprope for today! And yet strange as it may seem the complexity of living now compared to then. Who would have thought we'd come this far. Or did we? In some aspects like technology, have brought unparalled advances toward a beter quality of life. You would think that along with technology society would also. But , alas it has not.
In all the news of today a sense of foreboding tension, a silent force that is ripping across our moral fiber, a sagging truth of unprecedented demise of morality, liberty, and justice. A world we once new, is no more. We must face the consequences of our actions and of our inactions. What we have done in the name of social liberalization is directly affecting our society.
The United States Constitution guarantees Freedom of Speech. This right comes with a responsibility. What we say does have a direct affect on the actions of others. A case in point; The Federal Communications Standard for appropiate expression on TV, radio, recordings, Magazines etc. Now studies and statistics show that there is a direct correlation with the escalation of youth violence with the relxing of acceptable standards by public forms of communication.
Our youth are very impressionable and are not fully capable mentally of handling the responsibility of today's freedom of expression. A good example is noted in the book " Lord of the Flies." Education is the best approach but along with education has to come with it's own natural maturity that comes through the aging process from infancy through young adult. Each phase of aging comes with it's own physical, mental, and emotional progressions. If we skip from adolesence to young adult with-out going through the natural aging progressions these individuals will not be equiped in all aspects to handle the responsibilities that are imposed on the life cycle they are thrust into.
The youth of today are continually being exposed to ideas, situations, and material items they are not yet equiped mentally, physically, emotionaly, and socially to effectively ues. This causes great harm not only to themselves but to society as well. What needs to be done is to reestablish the standards of concuct and speech that were enforced back in the middle of the 20th century. The rebuilding of ethical standards is essential for the continuation of our society. What happens when a society reverts to rampant disreguard for themselves and others is a destruction of freedom everywhere.