How do today's youth combat negative moral influences?
156991
Strong parental role-modeling.. A deep spiritual faith.. Positive peer role-models.. Being informed on the negative effects of immoral influences.. A structured lifestyle with clear and present boundaries on certain activities.. And last but not least, a father with a big mean dog and a shotgun..
724319
One very good way is to set up an organization that would help people find children that needed and wanted to work.  There are many tings that people under the so called working age can do.  \n\nBy setting up a non profit and voluntary group in the neighborhood to oversee the work that children do you can help prevent abuse of children.  \n\nChildren should work according to their age and ability at an early age to learn.  \n\nToo many in the developed nations do not learn the value of work and work ethics while young and when they become adults have a very difficult time coping with life as it really is.  \n\nMost people in the so called west have too much and do not value what they do have.  Most are like spoiled brats all their lives.
556394
Today kids seem angrier and more hostile.  There's also a pack mentality.  When I was in school, if you got in a fight, once the other person went down, you quit.  Now kids keep kicking and stomping and then more kids will pile on.  It's terrible.  It's like they've lost their ability to control their selves.
716380
I am a conservative but I am here to tell you that you cannot legislate morals. It is just not going to happen. The problem I see with our society today is that we are taking away personal responsibility. When people are not held accountable for their actions morality will indeed suffer. I think this is not a conservative or liberal problem, but rather a societal one. We are allowing our children to drown themselves in video games and endless hours of television. We spend less quality family time and expect the schools to teach morality, but at the same time hamstring their ability to enforce discipline in our classrooms. Rather than address behavioral problems we now medicate them. The list of problems goes on and on. Just blaming one side or the other is useless when what we really need to do is come together in the name of finding common sense solutions.
237155
careful when strangers around\nhear something not right (gunshot, scream,etc...) go home right the way/call adults/stay away fr that place.\nrefuse to use any drugs friends give\nstay away from bad friends.\ngo home right after school, so they don't hang out with bad kids\ndo not listen to MTV/ anything similar to it.\nshow respect\nget good grades\nmake more friends, most kids/teenagers in danger of loneliness
1133435
I am a youth counselor at a detention center for at risk youth and I see this alot. Now I am only 23 years old so I don't know how much I can influence the crowd here but here it goes. I think with the kids I deal with there are 2 main things that add to the equation. Parents and Pop Culture. With parenting I think people arent willing to put in the time and also agree with the fact that parents are trying to be friends. Also I don't know if there is any connection but I would say with the number of single parents increasing and the age at which people are impregnated. A irresponsible youth can't raise a responsible person. By the time the kids I work with get to be teenagers, the parent usually wants to make up for the teenage years that they themselves lost leaving a kid to fend for himself. As far as pop culture goes I just isn't popular to be nice anymore most music is about being depressed or being a gangster, alot of the movies my youth watch when not in program have to do with the same or with sexual acts. Well that's all on this matter for now any questions feel free to write.\n Timmy
375291
How can YOU improve OUR quality of life....\nLead by example  :-)  Use your manners, be socially acceptable, dress appropriately, act appropriately.  Choose your words carefully, apologize where apologies are due.  Turn the other cheek.  Be forgiving.  Learn from your mistakes.  Don't blow things out of proportion (ex.  Me, when something bad happens:  Well, that sucked.  What's next?).  Refuse to engage in conflict, especially petty conflict.  Express your opinion, but do it nicely.  Make your morals and values known, but only if they're not highly controversial.  Don't waste your time trying to change other people, because it's not your problem.  Don't waste your days away trying to fix their problems, because they're not yours to fix.\nEverything in moderation; this is not simply superficial  ;-)
1039061
i think its getting worse cause parents and schools are getting more and more lazy in how they teach and morals, parents are getting younger and younger(which is fine i was a mom at 16)but some of these young mothers don't want to spend time and love their children they want to see what their missing which leads to kids feeling lonely and left out their self esteem lowers they become depressed and turn to crime as an outcome
237147
No.  I was taught to behave myself, but at the same I was taught to think for myself.  For a good society people need act in a way that is conducive for each of us respecting each others rights.  If we think that we can do what we want without thinking of our fellow man then we might as well throw the key in the water bucket and ride off.  \n\nWe are going to have an anarchy if children aren't taught morals, or how to treat others with respect.
812706
1. A lack of parenting and discipline. A child needs to hear the word 'no' and have boundaries. Letting you child do whatever they want is only going to harm them in the end.\n\n2. A lack of personal responsibility. For example, all the ridiculous lawsuits - like the woman who spilled hot coffee on herself and sued McDonald's. It's a cheap ploy to get quick cash and it's nothing but pure greed. \n\n3. Selfishness. I think this goes along with the lack of personal responsibility. We're too busy being wrapped up in our own lives and being self-absorbed that rarely do we see acts of genuine kindness or altruism.\n\nIn my opinion, those are the three main signs of moral decaying society - however, I don't think society is completely doomed or anything. Every generation has, and will have, problems; I think it's a matter of changing attitudes and working for the good of everyone, rather than 'me, me, me'. :)
1029863
I think it's are consciences, people around us, how we were taught growing up, are surrandings etc, that stop us from turning bad. I mean I don't have a religion and I haven't gone of the rails.
580695
An infuriating paradox, isn't it? Immorality has secured many parts of the world, but not all. \nContrary to popular belief, morality is making a comeback. We have the technology age to thank for this. The Information Age has turned the tables on people who formerly relied on people not finding out. If you've kept track of politicians across the nation, more and more are being uncovered for this or that political infraction. Crooked politicians are finding it harder and harder to survive. More and more states and municipalities are adopting laws and policies outlining a code of conduct.\nI truly believe that were it not for the moral man, these shifts in ethics and accountability would not have begun. \nDon't get caught up in the drama of movie making. Remember, the producers will do anything to grasp your attention. Flowery quotes can only seem to live in fictional backdrops these days. As long as each of us does their part in preserving morality, I think moral man will survive.
697006
adolescents engage in this type of behavior either due to peer pressure, their age, lack of knowledge, rebellion, self esteem etc.   alot of this is just part of their growing up.   the biggest threat to health is aids.    the best way to minimize this participation is education, education and more education    this should start with the parents of the child.  if he or she are informed of risky behavior,in any form, and are told the consequences of their actions then they can make a more informative decisions for their life.
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Well I'm a LPC that has been working with at risk kids for five years.  It's late right now, so major things to work on.\n\n1. Learn about morality therapy as much as you can.  it is not really mainstream, but these kids really need to rebuild a moral center.  Book (what do u stand for?)  great morality builder.\n\n2.  you will prolly have more success with the adults.  Adolescents are aweful, but in working with them, you need to come through the back door.  Like, I will find out what a certain kid likes, ex. Eminem, and have it playing as they come in for their first session.  Most of em are like, "Wow you like that music."  and that's the back door.  Also, teenagers don't wanna know that they are being counseled, so you need to be "under the hood" when talking with them.  Some sort of activity that they are interested in.\n\n3.  Study contempory adlerian therapy for children.  \n\n4.  In my experience, 99% of the time it is the child's aweful past with someone or their parents who are really messed up.  I never met a problem kid with Beaver Cleaver parents.\n\n5. stay patient..kids like these can drive you bonkers at times...to keep yourself sane...keep saying that this kid is sick or his family is sick...stay with em'...they need me...you find in time that these same kids will tell you as they have told me with tears in their eyes, "You're not gonna leave me too are u.  You're a lot of fun."  It is at this moment that you will know y you became a counselor.\n\n\nGood Luck and take care.
821422
People today suck ...too wrapped up in there own selfish lives to give a crap nowadays.\nBack in the day it was all peace, love and harmony and people cared for one another.\nAnd the kids have it so bad ...they could never relate to it anyway.
997625
Nothing at all--a lot of people seem to think that it's everyone else's responsibility to protect them and their kids from what they should be doing themselves.  I have a whole family of teachers--their biggest complaint is that parents drop off their kids at school, and some actually tell them, "OK, he's your problem now."  If THEY can't instill values into their own kids, why should they expect others to?
449865
Do what the negative folks do and scare them silly of some external threat. Our motivate them through love of something in common. Love of family, an ideal, the earth, home in general. Remind them everyone is a minority somewhere, its prejudice imagined difference,that separates us, so let it not divide us in our struggles.