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example you can have the children who have been brought up with the stereotypical idea of big boys don't cry, and then you get what is equivalent to a volcano of pressure and at some point it will explode. Or violence when a child has internalized a stupid amount of pain and pressure, either they're being abused, or watching violence at home, they feel they have no control or power and so they act violently in other areas of there lives to gain that control back. This is the way they've been brought up, violence is the only form of control, and this is where their violent acts come from. Neither of these two reasons are excuses or good, however it shows that unless a child is taught coping mechanisms then they will not learn how to handle situations in an adult and reasonable way.

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Were the children to blame? No, you can't fully blame the child as they don't have the full mechanisms of a responsible adult. So can you try them as an adult? No. The parents and society should the ones put to shame for the way they are bringing up the youth of today. Society should take more responsibility for the youth of today, and parents should clean up their acts. When young children are behaving in such violent ways there is a problem with society that should be sorted, and it won't be sorted by punishing young children.

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