Three different young people who were involved with some kind of violence all had a lack of parental attention as they were growing up in their homes. Eric Harris, one of the killers at Columbine High School had a lack of communication between his parents, which therefore enabled Eric to maintain the appearance of normalcy, while secretly planning the fulfillment of his angry, violent fantasies. The mere fact that he had a bomb plan in h

is bedroom the entire time proves that his parents obviously did not pay very much attention to him. Eric’s father is a pilot, and his mother works at a catering company. They worked many long hours each week. “The tragedy of our workplace today is that it is not set up to honor commitment to family. Our young people are in a spiritual crisis, crying out at us for a clear sense of what is right and what is wrong, and often, we are too busy doing something else to stop and listen,” says Stephen L. Carter, a professor of law at Yale University.

It is clearly indefinite that one of the reasons for violence among teenagers is because of parents not spending enough quality time with their children and getting involved with their activities enough. The reasons behind human’s actions are always talked about and discussed because without understanding the certain things that lead up to somebody disturbing behaviors, such as shooting innocent people in their high school, there would never be solutions to these problems. People should learn from other’s mistakes. That is the way life should work. Former President Bill Clinton stated, “Innocent people are suffering because families are spending far less time with each other. Unless we act now, that problem will get worse.”

Just like Eric and Joe, a guy named Ricky Cruz also grew up with parents who cared very little for him. Ricky joined a gang called MauMaus at a very young age. He did many horrendous acts of violence within the gang, and ended up being on trial in New York for murder. After several counseling sessions with a preacher named David Wilkerson, Ricky

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