The United States of America is based upon freedom and democracy with the belief of individualism. This belief of freedom and individualism brings about conflict between others, which tends to lead to violence. What is the cause of this violence? Researchers such as Arnold P. Goldstein composes answers for this periodically ask question among concerned American citizens. The most significant causes of violence mentioned by Goldstein are domestic abuse, lack of parental involvement, school bullying and television. These factors influence many citizens to brutality and cruel acts towards other people.
Domestic violence in the homes of children promotes violence in a very strong way. According to the National Electronic Network on Violence Against Women, through domestic violence and elder abuse research they came to the conclusion that when a young child is victimized to domestic abuse that it will most likely make the child more violent as they get older. Also according to the Royal College of Psychiatrists, boys express their anxiety more outwardly and become aggressive toward other people, in which most cases resorting to violence. They will also feel that it is acceptable to use violence to solve a problem. So a child is more likely to resort to violence and increase violence generally throughout society when they are immersed in a domestically violent .
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Parental involvement is a big influence in a child's development, not just their development during adolescence but also their entire life. A lack of parental involvement .
means that the parent does not pay much attention to the child or might not care for their child, as they should. This can isolate the child and give them feelings of not being wanted. By the parent simply not caring for their child the child will not care for much at all. Rob Heffer, a Texas A&M University psychologist, parental involvement affects the child's psychology.
