I do not endorse specific advertisements, but I do use the modest revenue from these ads toward the cost of maintaining this web site. I don't blame any one factor for the rise in violence among youth. In my opinion, the rapidly changing society and the changing pressures of parenthood are major causes of this.
Technology also plays an important role as well as the media.
I also believe that the availability of guns plays a part in the equation. More children are being raised in single parent households than ever before. Divorce has not only an emotional affect on the family, but a financial one as well. More of our children are being raised by day care workers during their earlier years because both parents must work to support the family. In the case of divorce, providing for two households simply costs more than for one.