Youth Violence On The Increase
- By Sam George
- Published 10/7/2007
Sam George
Sam George is the Executive Director of PARIVAR International - a non-profit initiative to address the needs of youth and families of Asian Indian origin in North America and to the Asian Indian community worldwide. Parivar means family in many Indian languages. Sam George also serves as one of the founding directors of Urban India Ministries
www.UrbanIndia.org Sam George and his wife, Mary have spoken at premarital and family events in many countries. They are parents of two boys and make their home in the northern suburbs of Chicago. Sam is the author of the book “Understanding the Coconut Generation: Ministry to the Americanized Asian Indians." Check out this website www.CoconutGeneration.com Coconut (brown on the outside, white on the inside) is a metaphor for the Americanized Asian Indians. Sam George can be reached at sam@coconutgeneration.com
Child Psychologist paint a horrifying portrait of a new breed of violent teens - “body and physical strength have outgrown his brain, he has an armoury of communication aids, access to weaponry and money and time to indulge his lust for crime.”
Rising teen alcohol consumption, violent films, computer games, easy access to information over Internet etc are attributed for this risinig trend of juvenile crimes. Lack of ethical behavior, absence of authority figures at home, respect for life, no moral education etc also adds to the problem
Coconut Generation