These values that children are picking up continue. If you've got a problem, hit the person with a stick as opposed to working out the problem in a different way. I believe the media plays a very significant role. We've glamorized and sensationalized aggression and anti-social behavior. Parents have to ask themselves what they are allowing their children to be exposed to, he said.
Many parents fail to realize they are the most influential people in their childrens lives.
They must also continuously take part in active parenting by asking themselves where their children are, what their children are doing and who their children are with, he said. In order to be an active parent, you have to be able to answer these questions. The behavior of students is related to Canadian society as a whole, he pointed out. We've got to look at this a problem that is developing as the domestic wave of the future. There's ample research, whether it be educational research or research from the criminal justice system, to show that the behavior of school-age children and youth has changed over the years.