Although the rate of school homicides has decreased over the past five years, the rates of death are still higher than in any other society. It appears we have become desensitized to the violence around us, and what it takes to get attention is significantly more violent now than ever before. I came from a family of rigid negativity and this served to increase my desire to change the cycle, despite breaking away from my family. ET Violence is learned. It can also, therefore, be unlearned.
Children learn it from their parents and their culture.
You are absolutely right that a parent will influence how a child deals with their own anger. Anger is a normal emotion, it's how you deal with your anger that becomes the problem. When violence is modeled, violence will be performed. The Virginia Youth Violence Project, at the University of Virginia, conducts research on the causes of violence and the sorts of programs that work to reduce it. We are a group of experts who provide information to the public and to professionals, to teach them about the cause and prevention of violence.