Causes of Youth Violent Crime and Emotional Learning

It is obvious that our modern lives today have experienced a considerable rise in teenage violence, especially for those under the age of eighteen. Some psychologists attribute this situation to the responsibility of teachers and parents. In fact, they do not provide children with necessary Suggested change: social and emotional knowledgesocial and emotional knowledge1social and emotion knowledge.As far as I am concerned, I strongly agree with this opinion because of Suggested change: the following reasonsthe following reasons2some following reasons.

Firstly, it is undeniable that many teachers are in favour of Suggested change: an old-fashioned approachan old-fashioned approach4old-fashioned approach Suggested change: to students' academic performanceto students' academic performance5to student’s academic performance. This means that they only put emphasis on knowledge in main subjects such as literature, maths, history, biology and neglect to convey Suggested change: practicalpractical6pratical knowledge Suggested change: DeleteDelete7in reality. For example, a large number of students may be outstanding in their disciplines but they do not have full awareness of violence’s definition, potential causes as well as severe consequences. As a result, lack of realistic perception creeps up on children to commit violent crimes.

Secondly, some Suggested change: parents do notparents do not9parents does not give their children essential support in daily lives. Actually, the dizzying Suggested change: pace of modern lifepace of modern life10pace of lives Suggested change: leaves parents floodedleaves parents flooded11makes parents be flooded with an enormous volume of work and robs them of time to take care of children. Being devoid of love and sympathy Suggested change: can make children cruelcan make children cruel12can make children be cruel and unsociable to others. Moreover, getting out of Suggested change: parents' controlparents' control13parent’s control may expose children to damaging websites including rebellious actions. They easily imitate what they see and behave in negative ways.

In conclusion, teachers and parents are largely responsible for the Suggested change: prevalenceprevalence14popularity of violence among Suggested change: youngstersyoungsters15younsters. In fact, they do not help Suggested change: childrenchildren16chidren dig deep into Suggested change: knowledgeknowledge17knowlegde about violence and give them necessary attention. If these matters are still common, level of teenage violence is more and more escalating.