Do you have a daughter? Then you should be very
worried.
Are you wondering
what is happening with our young men and why they behave the way they do. Most of
us don't realize the brain continues to be wired until our early 20's.
Everything our teens see, do and experience is wiring their brain.
The violent movies, violent video games, online conversations and online
pornography are changing the way they think, feel and act. Most of it
done in isolation. This is where they learn how to treat your daughter.
All of this is wiring their brain and teaching them how to act and
respond to the people and world around them.
No wonder we have an increase in drug abuse and violence.
Remember when young guys went out to play ball on the corner lot
and they had to learn to cope with not being picked or not being the best? They had to learn how to deal with conflict,
being called names, face-to-face, and it usually ended up with them working it
out and leaving as friends. Now it’s all
online, name calling, others piling on, one of them ends up hurting
emotionally, pulling inward even more. Now they hurt deep inside and they turn to drugs,
porn or violence to numb the pain…
“On
any given day, teens in the United States spend about nine hours using media
for their enjoyment, according to the
report by Common Sense Media. Some 13-year-olds check social media 100 times a
day.”
When you combine this with early drug use, yes this includes
marijuana, the effects on the brain increase dramatically. Drug use
changes how the brain processes information and how it is wired. Even moderate
drug use slows the maturity growth and can cause mental illness.
As you can see the problems for our young men are spiraling out of
control and we need to do something.
I will leave you with one scary fact… “Some national studies show that up to 70% of women have experienced
physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner”
