“Depression,
early alcohol use, gang membership, parents who use drugs - these are some of
the factors typically blamed for making a child prone to violence. But a new study says none of those factors
alone can push a child to become violent.
First, children have to see violence or be a victim of violence in their
home or neighborhood, according to a study in November’s Journal of Pediatrics.
“Violence
is a learned behavior, “ says Robert Durant, vice chairman of pediatrics at
Wake Forest University Baptist School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Quoted
from: It’s Everybody’s Business - the newsletter of the corporate alliance to
end partner violence, December 2000/January 2001, www.caepv.org