It's all part of a growing trend that we crazy Americans call "fitting in" or "being a man". I'm starting to see more young folks around here trying to act all BIG, BAD and MANLY by bullying someone or threatening someone with a weapon. Sometimes, they even go as far as hurting someone. One of my instructors college told me bout this kid in high school who stabbed another one just because the other one didn't want to give him a pencil. :-/
But I'm starting to believe it's all about how they were raised by their parents. There are three kinds of parents in existence. There's permissive, authoritarian and authoritative.
Permissive:
A parent who is warm and nurturing but lacks control, expectations are low and lacks communication. This usually results in a child growing up to be out of control and demanding to point where they think that they're the center of the universe. These type of parents are usually [in my humble opinion] the result of a litigation nation where parents are now becoming more afraid to handle their kids because of the fear of being accused of child abuse.
Authoritarian:
A parent who lack nurturing and is not warm, has complete control, rules are strict as heck and the level of expectation is too dang high. This type of parent can sometimes be abusive as well. This usually results in kids growing up to authoritarians themselves and can also be abusive, if not dangerous to others. This also results in a child having low self-esteem because of the sense of inferiority imposed by this type of parent. And because this type of parent lack communication, the child will never learn about why the parent was so strict.
Authoritative:
This is NOT to be confused with "authoritarian". These are the type of parents that I like to be around with the most. They're warm and nurturing, but have set basic rules in the family which can easy to follow even for kids as young as 5 years. They also have control over they're kids, but not too much control. They also have a high level of expectation for they're kids, but the level is not too high and not too low. Also, the level of communication between the child and parent is really high. This type of parent also uses inductive discipline. Inductive discipline is when the parent EXPLAINS to the child why he/she punishing him or her and explains to the child on what to do next time to avoid the punishment. This results in a child who grows up to be like you and me. Have common sense, think before you act, etc.
It's very unfortunate that the amount of authoritative parents in today's society is rapidly dwindling and the number of authoritarian and permissive parents are increasing. As a result, we're getting a large influx of chavs and idiots who are now running amock in every country that is "supposedly" civilized.
It makes me wonder if today's politicians were raised mostly by authoritarian or permissive parents.
