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In all of the passages we have read in class it seems as if the writer wants to blame the media for the actions of the young, mainly the most destructive ones. However, is the media truly the bad guy in all the situations given in the stories? In the texts we read the writers blame television and movies for the ill behavior of kids, but we fail to realize the common link between them: The parents. To understand a situation completely you must first seek out the root of the problem, what causes the chain of events that leads to the final act. Hence, the question in our minds today is: “What causes our youth today to act irresponsibly and vandalistic?” The answer to that question is apparent, but the parents who face it, chose to ignore it because it would affirm their own guilt, for they, the parents, are the ones to blame. Whenever someone is charged with any kind of accusation, their first reaction is