Our recent talks about children with aggression problems got me to thinking about other things that cause children to become aggressive. An adolescent close to me has serious aggression and anger management issues. He has never been a receiver of corporal punishment, but is being raised by his grand-parents because his parents were divorced and neither wanted to raise him. According to this study, children with abandonment issues have higher levels of aggression, depression, anxiety, and dysfunctional thinking.
The 2000 Census reported 4.5 million children being raised by grand-parents. That was 6.3% of all children under the age of 18. This number is on the rise and is undoubtedly significantly higher now. This is a disturbing trend that I was not able to find much concrete research on. Guidance counselors need to be aware of the background of the kids. The guidance counselor that my friends son has was not even aware he was being raised by his grand-parents. Schools should develop programs for grand-parents and guardians that are not the biological parents, to attend to help these children increase their self-esteem and reduce the abandonment issues as much as possible.
There are so many issues in this world today that can cause aggression in children and all people. While one day corporal punishment may become illegal, we cannot govern other situations, such as abandonment, that cause aggresion. It seems as though teaching coping mechanisms to students should be implemented in the classrooms as a regular curriculum through high school graduation. This area needs continual research to find solid and keep up to date programs that can be implemented that will counteract these abandonment issues. Schools and guardians need to be coninuously upgrading their skills to handle these problems.
Griersmirh, D., & Galligan, R. (2003). Adolescent depression and associated psychological distress. Australian Journal of Psychology, 55183.
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