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TODAY I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT A TOPIC THAT HAS BEEN PLACED ON MY HEART.
EACH TIME I HAVE WATCHED THE LOCAL NEWS THIS WEEK I HAVE SEEN A STORY ABOUT TEENS COMMITTING HOMICIDE. I KNOW SOME OF YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RELATE TO THIS BECAUSE IT DOES NOT HAPPEN IN A YOUR TOWN BUT I HAVE TO COMMENT .
MOST OF THESES SENSELESS ACTS ARE COMMITTED OVER A MINOR DISPUTE OR A LIFESTYLE DECISION. I REALIZE THAT SOME MAY THINK THE ISSUES OF THE INNER CITY DO NOT EFFECT THE SMALL TOWNS OF SUBURBAN LIFE HOWEVER I HAVE A TOPIC TO RELATE IN EACH AND EVERY CITY IN THIS WORLD THERE IS A "BULLY" SOMEONE WHO THRIVES ON THE WEAK .
THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT SOME ATTRIBUTE TO BEING JUST A STAGE IN A TEENS LIFE WELL I DISAGREE BECAUSE THUR MY EXPERIENCE THIS SO CALLED STAGE CARRIES OVER TO ADULTHOOD. HOW DO WE AS ADULTS AND AS PARENTS COMBAT THIS REAL LIFE ISSUE THAT GETS SWEPT UNDER THE RUG MOST OF THE TIME.
WE EDUCATED THAT IS MY ANSWER ! I WILL BE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE BIGGER AND BADDER THAN THE NEXT. WHEN VIOLENCE IS INTRODUCED OR CONDONED AT A EARLY AGE IT IS LIKE GIVING A DRUNK DRIVER A GREEN LIGHT TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE UNTIL HE OR SHE TAKES SOMEONES LIFE BEHIND THE WHEEL .
I WAS INCARCERATED WITH A 18 YEAR OLD MAN WHO WAS TRIED AS A ADULT FOR MANSLAUGHTER DUE TO A FIGHT . THIS MAN DECIDED TO PUNCH SOMEONE RANDOMLY TO IMPRESS A GIRL, WELL THE MAN HE HIT DIED . THE MAN HIT HIS HEAD ON THE GROUND AND DIED FROM HEAD TRAUMA. ONE PUNCH TOOK 7.5 TO 15 YEARS FROM THIS 18 YEAR OLD MANS LIFE. NOW THAT IS REAL AND THAT IS THE REALITY OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN.
SO AGAIN I SAY EDUCATED AND DISCIPLINE PASSING VIOLENCE OFF AS A STAGE IS THE MOST RIDICULOUS STATEMENT I HAVE EVER HEARD. I WANT ALL WHO READ THIS TO TAKE A SECOND AND BREATH AND THINK ABOUT THE EXAMPLE I HAVE GIVEN. ONE BAD DECISION IN THE HANDS OF A BULLY CAN ELIMINATE ALL HOPE FOR CHANGE IN THE YOUTHS LIFE .
PLEASE DO YOUR PART AND USE VIVID EXAMPLES OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF BAD DECISIONS SHELTERING THE YOUTH FROM THE TRUTH IS NOT THE ANSWER.
GODS LOVE TO ALL
MIKE
P.S THANK YOU "FABULOUS FRANK"! PIEROGUYS PEROGIES