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Children growing up have and need role models. These role models are to whom the kids look up, watch so very closely, imitate, and want to be like. "When children look for a role model, they look for a glamorous role model similar to themselves and that similarity is important. In Basketball Dairies, Leonardo DiCaprio of Titanic fame, and a very glamorous actor in the eyes of the young, white children, went into a schoolroom and shot numerous children and teachers" (McCain). People directly correlated this with some of the recent school shootings, but a man responded with a valid point: "One young man, clearly disturbed, who sees this film and lashes out - there's clearly more at work here than a single film. Hundreds of thousands of people saw that film and go about their lives as good citizens (McCain)." The models seen in movies are more dream-like than reality based, so children tend to form more "close-to-home" role models. Usually the role model is their parents, maybe a teacher, babysitter, or a coach. I don't believe that having role models that are famous as poor form. I do believe, however, that when life doesn't work out as well as it did for our rich, glamorous role model, our hopes and priorities return to dreams then we become angry and unfulfilled. I supposed I"m suggesting that children gather idols and heroes that possess more tangible roles in society. .
Parents are doing a lousy job in raising their kids now a days. As both parents are usually in the work field, they are less and less often home constructing good morals, ideals, and standards into their children. Parents blame the increase in violence in today's kids on the media. However parents prompt violence just as much as any TV show does. "Americans spend over $100 million dollars on toy guns ever year" (Grossman). A gun is used for shooting or killing something. The media is ridiculed for making things too life-like and parents turn around and hand their kid a toy gun and tell them to go outside to play with it.
