What is happening to our youth?

2015-07-07T11:13:54-04:00

http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Update-Warrants-Issued-In-Homicide-311771951.html?device=phone&c=y SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" 1LT Sandy Annala PV2 Private RallyPoint Member SSG Peter Muse SMSgt Minister Gerald A. Thomas SGT Private RallyPoint Member SGT Kristin Wiley SGT Kristin Wiley

Teens Charged with Murder, 12-Year-Old Boy Still Wanted

Warrants for first degree murder have been issued for two teenagers and a 12-year-old boy for the June shooting death of Jamymell Ray, 31. Two of the teenagers have been taken into custody, but a 12-year-old boy still remains wanted.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 7 at 2015 11:22 AM

2015-07-07T11:22:28-04:00

I REALLY believe Babies are raising Babies, SSG Trust Palmer
IT's this generation of wants and EVERYTHING is owned to them type of personality. I just don't understand. And by the look of that picture, you wouldn't think that kiddo would've done anything like that. Maybe moms or dad was in the gang as well. This is just a very sad situation.

Response by SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. made Jul 7 at 2015 11:23 AM

2015-07-07T11:23:50-04:00

“The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.”
― Socrates

In truth, the only thing that has changed is the 24x7x365 news need for something to fill the space. This stuff has always happened .. it's just now you are actually hearing about it.

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Jul 7 at 2015 11:49 AM

2015-07-07T11:49:42-04:00

It is due to our ineffective legal system. Gangs know that juveniles will not be held responsible for their actions so they use the kids as assassins to take out their rivals - and to initiate them into the gangs by making their bones. These three will not likely see much jail time, and will likely be released when they hit 21 (if they are even in jail that long).

Don't you just love liberals/liberalism?

Response by Cpl Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 7 at 2015 11:50 AM

2015-07-07T11:50:19-04:00

When there are two family incomes and single parent homes, the children are entrusted to the bureaucracy. The progressives have been trying to destroy the family for a long time. It appears their plan is coming to fruition.

"Education should aim at destroying free will so that after pupils are thus schooled they will be incapable throughout the rest of their lives of thinking or acting otherwise than as their school masters would have wished ... The social psychologist of the future will have a number of classes of school children on whom they will try different methods of producing an unshakable conviction that snow is black. Various results will soon be arrived at: first, that influences of the home are 'obstructive' and verses set to music and repeatedly intoned are very effective ... It is for the future scientist to make these maxims precise and discover exactly how much it costs per head to make children believe that snow is black. When the technique has been perfected, every government that has been in charge of education for more than one generation will be able to control its subjects securely without the need of armies or policemen."
Bertrand Russell quoting Johann Gottlieb Fichte, the head of philosophy & psychology who influenced Hegel and others – Prussian University in Berlin, 1810

Response by COL Mikel J. Burroughs made Jul 7 at 2015 11:58 AM

2015-07-07T11:58:05-04:00

SSG Trust Palmer We really don't know why they committed the crime. The news is speculating that it may have been a set up or drug related. The facts will come out later. The bottom-line is we have a problem in this country with youths getting involved with gangs, drugs, and guns at a very early age. This is a problem we haven't been able to fix in our country. We now have generations of youth coming from gang related and drug related parents and families and unfortunately that cycle is continuing. I don't know the answers, but it is something we need to concentrate on as a society and try and fix. There are still a lot of great parents out there, even in the inner cities that have brought their children up under strict guidelines and helped them break the cycle of violence. We need to find a way to help the single parents that provide that level of discipline because they are just trying to survive themselves. This is a much greater problem to work on then the Confederate Flag issue. My 2 cents for the day!

Response by SPC David S. made Jul 7 at 2015 6:21 PM

2015-07-07T18:21:11-04:00

This is the result of the destruction of the "family" and "religion" in America. With some 52% of all black children living in a single family home this is very problematic for the black community. Conservatives are more likely to value teaching religious faith and obedience. Liberals are more likely to value teaching tolerance, empathy for others, curiosity and creativity. Conservatives often hold positions aligned with their religious values, such as opposition to abortion, and liberals are often express the need for public policy to show empathy for others, such as aid to the poor. While both seem as positives the big differences is in "family values". There appears to be a connection between strong adherence and practice of a traditional religious faith and a lower divorce rate. So when looking at this as a political party issue the conservative approach is the better of the two ideologies in ebbing the decay in the inner cities. However the liberal ideology is preferred often in the high crime areas due to poor economic conditions. The liberal approach is acting as an enabler exasperating the conditions of economic inequality, gangs and teen violence. I'm sure this will ruffle the feathers of liberals, however the correlation between religion, single parent homes and gang violence is well known yet the problem persists. The drift between the affluent and poverty stricken communities widens every day with each black-on-black murder. The problem is you need some injection or capital as well as some strong organized local action. Honestly all the political rhetoric is in the same vain as sitting in a stalled out car waiting for a push on an empty tank. One side yelling to put the gas in while the other side is complaining about the push. The sad thing is this is not about a stranded driver its about real lives with very little hope in seeing change.

- Over the past thirty years, the rise in violent crime parallels the rise in families abandoned by fathers.

- High-crime neighborhoods are characterized by high concentrations of families abandoned by fathers.

- State-by-state analysis by Heritage scholars indicates that a 10 percent increase in the percentage of children living in single-parent homes leads typically to a 17 percent increase in juvenile crime.

- The rate of violent teenage crime corresponds with the number of families abandoned by fathers.

- Even in high-crime inner-city neighborhoods, well over 90 percent of children from safe, stable homes do not become delinquents. By contrast only 10 percent of children from unsafe, unstable homes in these neighborhoods avoid crime.

Also

- Neighborhoods with a high degree of religious practice are not high-crime neighborhoods

Response by SSG (ret) William Martin made Jul 8 at 2015 10:23 AM

2015-07-08T10:23:29-04:00

SSG Trust Palmer, I realize you would have to view information about the case but how to you feel about charging them as adults? Should we bee quick to throw them to the wolves? Can they be rehabbed?

Response by SPC David Hannaman made Jul 18 at 2016 7:32 PM

2016-07-18T19:32:57-04:00

Parents. You gotta KNOW what your kids are doing, you have to know the people they're hanging out with, and if your kids' friends have parents too busy to do that then you have to step in and be a positive influence in their lives.

Response by PO3 Steven Stinnett made Jul 18 at 2016 7:49 PM

2016-07-18T19:49:07-04:00

I'm retired Counselor/Teacher, 38 years, It is a complex problem, however the computer & media are a large part in changing our society. No longer are young people connecting with others, face-to-face, they go home after school and enter their fantasy world on the computer, they cannot separate reality from fantasy, a lot of the games they play are all focused on violence, the media focus on violence daily for ratings. There are other factors involved, parents working long hours, no family time, no parent interaction, this is also contributing to health factors, overweight due to non-activity, poor eating habits, fast food daily. That also effects their brain activity, sugar is a major factor. I did my Master Thesis on that topic, how nutrition affects behavior, a complex issue for a complex society.