How To Write An Essay On When Kids Get Life

When Kids Get Life

The cases that were presented in this film, were all very tragic and tough to watch. Not only for the children who committed these crimes, but for the loved ones of the victims as well. To me personally, the act of vengeance was what was achieved in many of these cases. While I do feel that Juveniles should be held accountable to violent crimes committed, I also see the potential of rehabilitating and correcting the problems with counseling and treatment. I remember being a teenager and looking back on the way my brain processed and made decisions. Everything was different. The scope of my frame of reference was far different than I experience now in my mid 20’s. While I was able to understand most serious decisions of …show more content…
His decision to murder his parents was an incredibly grave and awful decision that he had chosen to pursue. But while I do acknowledge that and understand that taking somewhat of a “vigilante” justice approach to his situation was not the best way to handle it, I also understand that it came from somewhat of a survival mode. Growing up in constant abuse, physical and sexual, can have extremely damaging results. Not only was he raised with his mother resenting him entirely for his existence and who he was, but then his mother brought a man into the house who would hurt him in unimaginable ways. I feel that he felt extremely violated in his trust with his mom. While sometimes people are able to channel their trauma and anger into the hope that they will someday get away and never experience these things again, for some children who’ve endured trauma and instability all of their lives, it festers up. I believe that he couldn’t take the pain and the trauma anymore and the fact that he was alone in the house after his brother had left, had made him feel as though he had no other choice but to commit these murders to finally be