((THOMAS))THE RECENT ACTS OF
VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT THE MOHAWK
VALLEY BEGS THE QUESTION WHAT
CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT IT. OUR
JAZZMYN ALLEN SPOKE TO A
HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL ABOUT
THE SCIENCE BEHIND VIOLENCE
AND AGRESSION WITHIN OUR YOUTH
AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS.
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WHEN THINKING ABOUT THE CAUSE
OF VIOLENCE, PARTICULARILY IN
OUR YOUTH, MOST PEOPLE
CONSIDER NATURE VERSUS NUTURE.
BUT IT'S A COMBINATION OF OF
TWO. IT'S BOTH, RIGHT? IT'S
EVERYTHING WE ARE AND
EVERYTHING WE DO AND
EVERYTHING WE'LL EVER BE. IT'S
A COMBINATION OF OURGENETIC
PREDISPOSITIONS AND OUR
LEARNING, OUR ENVIRONMENT. AND
SO THE ROOTS ARE NO DIFFERENT.
THEY STEM FROM GENETICS
COMBINED WITH ENVIRONMENT. IN
NOVEMBER 2019, CNN REPORTED 45
SCHOOL SHOOTINGS IN THE U.S.
32 OF THOSE SHOOTINGS BEING IN
SCHOOLS K-12. MANY PEOPLE
BELIEVE THAT SOCIAL MEDIA HAS
INFLUENCED VIOLENT BEHAVIOR IN
CHILDREN, BUT DR. ANDREW
LOPEZ-WILLIAMS BELIEVES THAT
IT'S MERELY FUEL FOR THE FIRE.
SOCIAL MEDIA HAS THE POTENTIAL
TO AMPLIFY WHAT NATURALLY
MIGHT BE OCCURING IN OUR
SOCIETY. SO I DON'T SEE IT AS
A CAUSE AS MUCH AS SORT OF AN
AMPLIFER OR AN EXCELLERANT.
DR. LOPEZ-WILLIAMS SAYS THAT
SOLVING VIOLENCE AT A YOUNG
AGE HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH
TEACHING GOOD NUTRITIONAL,
SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL
DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS. TEACHING
THESE HABITS AT HOME AND IN
SCHOOL DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY
ADDRESS VIOLENCE, BUT
INDIVIDUALS WITH THESE
QUALITIES HELPS PREVENT IT
FROM HAPPENING. I WOULD ARGUE
THAT SOMEBODY WHO'S SOCIALLY,
EMOTIONALLY WELL REGULATED AND
PHYSICALLY DOING WELL IS
BETTER ABLE TO LEARN. AND SO
NOW YOU HAVE SET THE TONE FOR
BETTER EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES.
AND SO WHEN WE START THINKING
ABOUT THIS, WE'RE NOT TALKING
ABOUT VIOLENCE AT ALL. IF
WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS
GLOBALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
JUST HELPING EVERY KID AND BY
DOING THAT YOU INADVERTENLY,
YOU INLCUDE IN THAT YOU'RE
REDUCING THE RISK FOR
VIOLENCE. REPORTING, JAZZMYN
ALLEN EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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((THOMAS))WE'RE WELL INTO TAX
SEASONAND THAT ALSO MEANS
WE'RE WELL INTO TAX "SCAM"
SEASONAND THE I-R-S IS
WARNING PEOPLE WHAT TO LOOK
OUT FOR.EACH YEAR, MILLIONS OF
