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Violent Children Across America Confirm The Failure Of Many Parents Today
 The Axiom Of Responsibility Reviewing recent headlines, we are left feeling as though our society is pretty far gone. We will be able to recover? Parents are encouraging their toddlers to beat one another up and then posting the fights on YouTube. Don't believe it? See it: "Terrible Toddler Fight On YouTube." According to ABC News, there are numbers of videos posted on the Internet of toddlers hitting each other while parents or other adults stand by and watch, at times even "egging [the fight] on." In the videos, the toddlers are screaming, crying, and occasionally bleeding. Some of the fights are clearly planned, as the toddlers' parents have them in boxing gloves. In Polk County, Florida, six cheerleaders "ambushed" one of their cheerleader "friends," "viciously" beating her for "more than 30 minutes," and then posted their attack on YouTube. ("Exclusive: Beaten Florida Cheerleader Speaks Out") "17-year-old Victoria Lindsay told Good Morning America she thought she was 'going to die' on the night of the horrifying attack" at the home of one of her friends. The video is beyond disturbing, "show[ing] Lindsay literally backed into a corner and attempting to cover her head while the alternate pummeling her and yelling at her." Tragically, Lindsay was "unable to avoid the blows and suffered a concussion and injuries to her left eye and left ear. One girl reportedly slammed her head into a wall until she lost consciousness." An eight-year-old boy in Phoenix, Arizona murdered his father and his father's friend. ("Prosecutors Say 8-Year-Old Boy Methodically Shot Father, Friend") Allegedly, the boy "methodically reloaded a .22-caliber rifle as he committed the crime, pumping at least four rounds of bullets into each victim." There is still no clear motive: "Police Chief Roy Melnick of St. Johns, Ariz., originally suspected the boy had been abused, but he told the New York Times he found no evidence supporting that theory. The child had no disciplinary problems at school and showed no signs of being troubled." Nevertheless, a judge didn't think the boy should have to miss Thanksgiving with his mother and is allowing him to leave juvenile detention "from noon on Nov. 26 to noon on Nov. 28." ("8-Year-Old: 'I Shot My Dad'") A 14-year-old boy in Montrose, Colorado slit the throat of a 17-year-old girl as she was standing in a hallway at her school. ("14-Year-Old Boy Slashes Girl's Throat At Montrose High") "Police said [the] suspect was arrested moments later after running from the scene." The boy, "who has a troubled past [ . . . ] was not a student at the high school." "Investigators are still trying to determine a motive." Apparently, numbers of children today don't have a clue as to what is right and what is wrong, in addition to being completely void of empathy and lacking an emotional connection to the consequences of their actions. Our nation's youth are our future, and clearly, many parents are failing them. In the case of the toddlers, parents are instilling violence and brutality in their children. As to the others, children whose parents have raised them properly rarely commit such atrocities. Pursuing Magna Sententia requires parents to do their utmost to raise children with character. While no one would say this is easy, as parents, it is our job. If America's parents continue to fail, America will fail. Anna and Ellie Sherise
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