Why don’t we all just think back to our teenage years, where we can able to find that many of us use to will remember getting angry with our parents or even shouting at them many times. Acting out like this is all a part of hormonal imbalance – and it is actually a perfectly healthy part of any teenager’s development. But if a teenager is being regularly verbally aggressive or even showing his or her physical violence, this can cause real problems for everyone including him and for his family. And today itself there is no single explanation for the violence caused by teenagers. There are many things that cause violent behavior in children. The more these things are present in one’s life, the more likely he or she is to commit an act of violence. Behavior will change depending on the child’s age and their gender. And according to the American Psychological Association (APA) teen violence as an extreme form of aggression with the goal of physical harm, injury, or death. Examples of Teen violence includes everything from rape, homicides, and school shootings to gang violence and bullying.
REASONS BEHIND THIS VIOLENCE
A young mind who is acting in an aggressive or violent way is quite likely to be struggling with their feelings otherwise it could be a result of hormonal imbalance which they may have kept to themselves without knowing. Most of us often found that there could be emotional and mental health issues in young people and they may be suffering from depression, anxiety, or even harming themselves. And these are the reasons for such things.
- Media Influence on Teen
Television has the potential to generate both positive as well as negative effects. Research founds that violence in the media influences teens and can cause them to act aggressively. The amount of violence on television is on the rise of 2020. The average child sees 13,000 violent acts on television annually, including many depictions of murder and rape. More than one thousand studies confirm that exposure of something on heavy doses such as television violence may increase aggressive behavior on teenagers. Whereas one study found that violent video games not only escalate aggressive behaviors whereas they also increases angry thoughts as well as raises the heart rate and blood pressure of participants. And according to one study, these video games decrease ‘helping behaviors’ and reduce feelings of empathy and increase one’s aggression.
- Drug and Alcohol use by teen
According to the latest information which is collected by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Alcohol and drug use has long been associated with the risk of Teen violence. In fact, both alcohol and drug use can increase aggression and reduce fear, which increase the likelihood of teen violence, and according to study the brain is made up of billions of nerve cells. Nerves control everything from when the heart beats to what your teen feels, thinks, and does. This is done by sending electrical signals throughout the body. The signals get passed from nerve to nerve by chemical messengers called neurotransmitters.
- Domestic violence on teenagers
Children who live with violence in the home learn by example and most probably they can become violent people as they grow up. They are also more likely to experience teen dating violence either as a victim or an aggressor. They may engage in risk-taking or self-medicating behavior, this is often to block out bad memories or numb emotional pain. And trying to stay away from the home may put them in unsafe situations.
WARNING SIGNS FOR VIOLENT BEHAVIOR?
There are many signs which help you all to understand whether one person is violent or not and most of the people usually give hints that they are considering violence toward other people, such as
- This kind of person usually prefers talking, writing, or drawing about death and violence only.
- Most of the time they having unexplained mood changes.
- Having intense anger or losing his or her temper every day on anyone without hesitation.
- They usually fight often, hurting animals or make threatening phone calls just for fun.
- Following or stalking another person or damaging, vandalizing another person’s property.
TYPES OF VIOLENCE
Today school fights might be the first thing that comes to a parent’s mind when they think of school violence, but there are other forms of teen violence as well. Some of these might be:
- Teasing
- Harassment
- Vandalizing property
- Self-inflicted harm or suicide
- Attacking a peer
- Bullying
- Gang Violence
- Mental, physical or sexual abuse
The punishments for teenagers depends upon what he or she has done. If he gets into a fight with a classmate at school, then he might be suspended from school for several days, but most probably he will not go to jail if the fight was not so destructible. But if he does something like bring a gun or other weapon into a school, then there are severe punishments that may include expulsion from the school district and in some cases, jail time.
HOW ONE CAN MANAGE THEIR ANGER
- One can manage his or her anger by Talking to someone on whom they can. trust with their full faith it doesn’t matter whether it would be his friend or adult. If he or she is afraid to talk or if they can’t find the right words to describe, that from what they are going through.
- Then one should be calm. And he or she must try to express their criticism, disappointment, anger, or displeasure without losing their temper or fighting. And one question must ask themselves whether their response is safe and reasonable.
- One should try to listen and respond without getting upset when someone tells them something which they may not want to hear. Don’t overreact and try to see the other person’s point of view.
- Seek solutions. Work out their problems with someone else by looking at different solutions.
HOW PARENTS CAN HELP THEIR CHILD
“What’s More Important: Your Ego or Hearing Your Child?” ― C. Lynn Williams
- Family Counselling: This provides a safe, confidential space where you and your son or daughter can talk things over in a neutral environment. It can be easier to talk about difficult issues with someone who isn’t already involved in such things.
- Therapist: If parents identify red flag behaviors in their teens, they can consult a doctor, counselor, therapist, or another mental health professional for finding appropriate treatment.
- Must deal with teen anger: Teenage girls often get angry of course, but that anger is usually expressed verbally rather than physically. Teen boys are more likely to kick doors or punch the walls when they’re angry. For any parent, especially single mothers, this can be a profoundly disturbing and upsetting experience and during this time parents should control their anger and help their children.
- Talk to their teachers: Teacher of your ward can help you out by telling you a brief description of your son or daughter’s behavior in school and if this kind of behavior is taking place outside of the home too then you and his or her teachers can think about ways to tackle it together.
