Over the past couple of years, child violence has been a major topic in American society. The continual school shootings represent a crisis in the raising of American children. This problem must be addressed with the utmost of urgency and in the most straightforward fashion. The resolution to this problem lies with the parents of the children committing these atrocities. To end these horrible acts of violence, the parents of the children committing the crimes must be held accountable. Accountability by law seems to be the only way for societies wants and needs to be enforced. Children are born innocent, and it is the parent's responsibility to instill them with good morals and to know the difference between right and wrong. Parents also maintain the ability to enforce their rules while their children live in their household and their rules should include not breaking the law.
             When children are born, they are virtually blank sheets of paper. Human babies possess nearly zero instinctual skills and must learn everything from the environment around them. Parents are the primary force in this environment. The parents determine exactly what goes on that blank sheet of paper at each stage of development (CDI). Parents have control over the behavioral development of their children. If parents do not provide the source for the attention and information babies need in their formative years, it is unlikely the babies will be able to get it from anywhere else. And it can only be expected that if the child was not provided with the necessary information, then the child will lack the necessary skills to make socially correct decisions. Parents and the media are usually quick to blame other social institutions for the actions of the children. Over the past couple of decades of teenage activities such as rock music, Dungeons, and Dragons, and now video games have burdened the brunt of these accusations. However, if these subjects truly cause teen...