Well there isn't much that I can offer but this.

Kids have and always will have sex before they are ready and violence has been around since the dawn of time.

I have always believed and practiced that the best thing I could do was to teach my kids the tools that they would need in order to live a decent life. Once these tools were taught it was up to them to apply them as they saw fit. Thankfully they both turned out great but it is because of the choices they made for themselves with guidence from their Father and myself. We were great communicators with our kids....

I was a very involved parent as was my ex husband. We didn't allow them to see things that were age inappropriate and we didn't condone violence in any form.
We started talking about sex with them at an early age and never flinched from any question that arose. I did a wonderful example to my daughter about how big a condom would stretch and my husband explained to her the nature of a teenaged boy...due to the fact he had been one lol. I explained to my son what teen girls wanted and how he had to be a decent male as he father was....We always tried to get them to put themselves into someone else's shoes, so to speak. I cannot recall and this is the truth. "I am too busy now" We were never too busy to talk to our kids. I am not trying to put forth that we were perfect by any means, but we never gave up and gave in to what was against our belief system, as I seen some parents do.

We as parents must set the limits and adhere to these limits ourselves when our children are around us....

If no one ever went to a violent movie or bought a violent video game, there would be none made for there would be no profit from it. Certain clothing for kids would not be made if people didn't give into their kids and buy them. There is no concrete answer to these problems for everywhere a kid goes it is in their face and of course then there is the peer pressure from their friends too.

Some blame the problems on single parent families and families where both parents work. I came from such a home and I turned out just fine for I had a healthy respect for my mother. I knew she was the boss and that I had to answer to her. She taught me never to just say no to a child without explaining why. It avoided the old "your just being mean to me tirade" and I also never had the excuse that I "didn't know"...unless I really didn't.

There is also not enough follow through in some of the schools today either. I can only base this on my experience though. I take my grandson to school every morning and take note of the kids on the playground.
Their are girls showing half their body off yet the school has a policy that prohibits girl's from showing bellies and shoulders, yet it is not enforced ergo it continues and grows worse each year. There is also a no contact rule yet I see the staff watching the boys throwing eachother around until someone gets hurt. The aren't allowed to take skateboards but they are present and very much in use in the nicer weather.....

See each thing I mention goes back to the fact that the parent must be continually involved in all areas that their children venture in this life.

Oh well I have rambled enough and not really added anything to this thread.....

Next case!!!