As Carole Goguen wrote in her fact sheet for A National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, community violence includes predatory violence, which involves a stranger being violent or making threats of violence, and violence arising from non-family interpersonal conflicts. Both of these types of violence include shootings, rapes, stabbings, beatings, and other brutal acts. Because children and adolescents see or become involved in community violence in their own neighborhoods and schools, it is now …showed first 75 words of 887 total…

…showed last 75 words of 887 total…can. I believe the best way to keep your children from experiencing violence is to involve them in after school activities, know their friends, and who they are spending most of their time with. If by chance something bad happens, be there for your child, and give them the support and confidence they need. Realize they are hurt and scared, and try to help them regain the trust they need to continue a productive life.