Many adults are appalled at the frequency and severity of youth violence.
While they may be an occasional observer of violence on television, in the movies or in the newspaper, most have difficulty in understanding its occurrence in the schools, in the streets and among increasingly younger kids. There is a basic lack of respect for people. One cause of childhood violence is declining adult supervision, both at home and in the streets. A high percentage of delinquent boys come from families when there is no father in the household, or when the father is abusive or violent. And, I am a football fan.