By studying and learning about aggression, it
             can be understood that children and even adults will show aggression when
             they feel threatened. Children from divorced homes have issues with low
             self-esteem and social competence because they are left out from one or
             both parents due to the fact that they are usually self-absorbed from their own
             emotional pain. It is clear that children and adults become very withdrawn, while they do attempt express their emotional pain to others. It is
             apparent that when children and adults do not have the attention that they
             need at home, they show aggression in a negative way.
             Fromm has argued that we must distinguish in man two entirely
             different kinds of aggression. The first kind, which he shares with all
             animals, is a phylo-genetically programmed impulse to attack (or to flee)
             when vital interests are threatened. This 'defensive' or 'benign'
             aggression is in the service of the survival of the individual and the
             species, is biologically adaptive, and ceases when the threat has ceased to
             exist. The other type, 'malignant' aggression, i.e., destructiveness and
             cruelty, is specific to the human species and virtually absent in most
             mammals; it is not phylogenetically programmed and not biologically
             adaptive; it has no purpose, and its satisfaction is lustful.
             From there, it is clear that if a person bottles up their emotions for
             a long time, he or she can become extremely aggressive to the point that
             they will cause physical harm to others as it was seen in the case of Joe.
             Malignant aggression can become an issue for those
             who have dealt with feelings of aggression for a long time. Research has
             determined that children have more emotional and social issues than adults
             because they are developing their personalities. A child acts out in this
             manner because his or her parents do not give him or her attention he or she
             Terms such as ag...