why child crime in increasing day by day?

Hi Deb, I'm 54 too. I do think that a combination of exposure to violence in the media..TV, music, movies as well as real life combined with whatever is going on in the home can lead to horrific consequences. I think it has to be a combination of forces. I see the violence really stand out in a lot of music and sadly it emulates real-life all to0 often I think.

The violence is worse on movies and videos and in music. I don't know how old you are, but I am 54 and I SEE and hear the differences. As for the boy knowing what he was doing, perhaps he is so used to seeing no consequences in the virtual world, he truly believes there's none for him. Yea, a lot of anger and hate has to be there. We are only know realizing how vulnerable the developing human mind is to suggestion and how important to the PHYSICAL brain acceptance and love is. Not to even mention how important it is to the emotional development it is. Combine the two things, a virtual world where anything goes...and a neglectful unaccepting and unloving home,perhaps even abusive home and you get this.

Hi "vannyt", I couldn't agree with you more. It is up to the parents to keep an eye on what their children watch on TV and what video games they indulge in. However in all fairness to the parents in America and I use America because that's the society I am familiar with; both are usually out of the home and have to work to make ends meet and are not always able to monitor all of their children's activities all the time.

Hi "debrakcarey", I have to agree with you on some of the points you raise, however I think there is more than that involved in the youth of America and other so called civilized parts of the world. Granted the things you mention are true but in America in my humble opinion I believe parental authority has been slowly stripped from parents. For instance in some states if a parent spanks a child on their little bottoms when they have been naughty the parent is subjest to arrest and legal action for abuse if the child complains to a child authority for example. Believe me children know this and they do at times take advantage of the fact. The same applies to the school systems. For example in some jurisdictions all a child has to do is cry and report he or she is being abused because they got a well deserved spanking as a parent's last resort to the child's continued offenses eventhough the spanking did not occur, the parent is in danger of being prosicuted for abuse or at the least loosing custody of the child to the state. Don't think children don't know this and will an do use it.