“I won the parental lottery. Most of the kids I grew up with either came from really fractured homes, or really violent ones. I went home to a very traditional, good Irish Catholic family.” HomeKidsGrewGrew UpCatholicViolentTraditionalLotteryParentalCatholic Family Author:Dennis Lehane
“I noticed the different kids were always put down by other people and it would cause them to become almost violent with themselves. It's not really necessary; there's a way to find strength in yourself, and for me it was writing. That was sort of my release and my escape, so the term 'Knives and Pens' to me was like a choice. You can either create, or become violent, and maybe go down a dark road.” PeopleWayWritingDifferentKidsChoicesCausesTermDarkViolentReleasePensKnivesFinding Strength Author:Andy Biersack
“For example, parents who talk a lot to their children have kids with better language skills, parents who spank have children who grow up to be violent, parents who are neither too authoritarian or too lenient have children who are well-adjusted, and so on.” WellsChildrenKidsLanguageGrowsParentGrowing UpExampleSkillsViolentLenientLanguage Skills Author:Steven Pinker
“I go to the favelas in Brazil. It's the same in the South Side of Chicago. It's the same, or just more violent. We're trying to get them to stop selling dope. You see kids with AK-47s, and nine-year-olds with nine millimeters. You know, they don't play. They make us look like nuns.” KnowsTryingYearsLooksPlayKidsSidesSouthNineViolentSellingChicagoDopeBrazilNunNine YearsFavelas Author:Quincy Jones
“Nature actually works through intense cooperation. There is competition in nature , but it thrives through cooperation. We don't teach this to our kids. It's actually a violent ideology. It's why kids go into school and bully each other and god forbid do things even worse. Cooperation will become the marching orders of the human species or we're not going to make it.” HumansKidsSchoolOrderTeachCompetitionSpeciesViolentIntenseIdeologyThriveCooperationBullyHuman Species Author:Tom Shadyac
“There is a report that says that kids who watch violent TV programs tend to be more violent when they grow up. But did the TV cause the violence, or do violent children preferentially enjoy watching violent programs?” ChildrenKidsGrowsCausesEnjoyWatchesGrowing UpViolenceTelevisionTvsProgramViolentReports Author:Carl Sagan
“Why are people so afraid of giving their kids necessary information that might prevent an unwanted pregnancy or disease? But they're not worried about the violent nature of video games or movies or books.” PeopleGivingBookMightKidsGamesInformationDiseaseViolentVideoWorriedPregnancyUnwantedUnwanted Pregnancy Author:Ellen Hopkins