Comments on: Violent kids. http://kllrchrd.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/violent-kids/ Books, landscape, living with an Alpha Beagle. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:16:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: kllrchrd http://kllrchrd.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/violent-kids/#comment-5 kllrchrd Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:44:36 +0000 http://kllrchrd.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/violent-kids/#comment-5 Yes, toil in the fields only if it is appropriate to the individual. I can only suggest what keeps me sane. With my limited experience I have thought about this a lot. I suppose what I'm asking is only what should have been priovided at school anyway. No kids here so I can only pontificate. Pre-television meant consumerism wasn't thrust in their faces, I suppose we are paying the price for that. I agree wholeheartedly on the pitiful elevation of consumer goods. All our electrical gear, tv, cd is what other people have given us, I suppose that makes me a well known needy case! Yes, toil in the fields only if it is appropriate to the individual. I can only suggest what keeps me sane.
With my limited experience I have thought about this a lot. I suppose what I’m asking is only what should have been priovided at school anyway. No kids here so I can only pontificate.
Pre-television meant consumerism wasn’t thrust in their faces, I suppose we are paying the price for that. I agree wholeheartedly on the pitiful elevation of consumer goods. All our electrical gear, tv, cd is what other people have given us, I suppose that makes me a well known needy case!

]]> By: kathz http://kllrchrd.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/violent-kids/#comment-4 kathz Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:39:44 +0000 http://kllrchrd.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/violent-kids/#comment-4 I once found myself travelling on a train with a woman who worked with difficult and criminal teenagers. I asked her what she thought about the question and she said that, though nobody would admit it, most grew out of the violent stage and simply settled down. Of course, that wouldn't be a politically helpful admission. Certainly a lot of teenagers come from difficult backgrounds (though not all become violent) and some feel the effects of poverty very strongly in a society where wealth is ostentatious and many rich people (including rich teenagers) despise those who are poorer. Certainly helping the kids get away from bad circumstances is vital - and for some (not all) work on the land might help. Others may have different undeveloped skills. But there should be more opportunities for all and an end to the current elevation of consumer goods. I once found myself travelling on a train with a woman who worked with difficult and criminal teenagers. I asked her what she thought about the question and she said that, though nobody would admit it, most grew out of the violent stage and simply settled down. Of course, that wouldn’t be a politically helpful admission.

Certainly a lot of teenagers come from difficult backgrounds (though not all become violent) and some feel the effects of poverty very strongly in a society where wealth is ostentatious and many rich people (including rich teenagers) despise those who are poorer. Certainly helping the kids get away from bad circumstances is vital – and for some (not all) work on the land might help. Others may have different undeveloped skills. But there should be more opportunities for all and an end to the current elevation of consumer goods.

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