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Eating disorders. Anger problems. Suicide. When hearing these words, many things come to mind, but the most important thing to know about these words is that they are directly related to teen violence. The website “Family First Aid” tells us that teen suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death amongst adolescents in the United States and half of these yearly suicides are due to teen violence. Many people believe that slight cases of teen violence are just part of being a kid, when in fact they can have extremely awful and life changing effects on teenagers. It is important that we as a society acknowledge that teen violence is a problem and do something about it. Bullying, cyber bullying and abusive relationships are three serious acts of violence that occur on a daily basis in the lives of today’s teens. These acts of violence can even push their teen victims into developing eating disorders, anger issues and thoughts of suicide; but, with the help of parents and student bodies as a whole, we can form awareness and support groups to discourage teen violence and inform the victims of how to cope with it before these things take over their young lives.

Being a teenager is difficult in it of itself. Some teens find it easy to take their frustrations out on other people. This is when teen violence arises. Bullying is one of the most popular forms of teen violence in today’s schools and can affect the victim emotionally, physically and mentally. To make themselves feel better, the bully will physically abuse their victim, or verbally abuse them by calling them names or starting rumors about them. According to Dan Olweus, author of “Bullying at School”, the typical victims of bullying are anxious, insecure, quiet and sensitive. They...

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