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questions about violence
What is violence?
What is violence?
Violence is the adoption:
Violence or conflict. Fortunately, not every conflict leads to violence! We all can find ourselves in situations in which we disagree with other people or have different desires and needs. After all, every person is different! Conflicts can break out in these situations, and we can end up disagreeing, even arguing. But we can always find a way to talk, compromise, forgive, or try to move on, so that everyone’s relationship with each other grows rather than deteriorates.
Violence or authority. You may sometimes feel like that the only role of certain adults you know, such as your parents and teachers, is to forbid, limit, or constrain you. But their role is really to guide you and provide you with structure, to allow you to develop your sense of responsibility. This is very different from violent behaviour; the objective is to help you grow, not constrain you.
You can’t judge a book by its cover. Violence can be committed by strangers, friends, members of your family, people you know, or neighbours. Violence can even come from people you trust.
- Of a behaviour (words or actions) intended to control or exert power over another person
- Of a behaviour that may inflict physical or psychological pain
Violence or conflict. Fortunately, not every conflict leads to violence! We all can find ourselves in situations in which we disagree with other people or have different desires and needs. After all, every person is different! Conflicts can break out in these situations, and we can end up disagreeing, even arguing. But we can always find a way to talk, compromise, forgive, or try to move on, so that everyone’s relationship with each other grows rather than deteriorates.
Violence or authority. You may sometimes feel like that the only role of certain adults you know, such as your parents and teachers, is to forbid, limit, or constrain you. But their role is really to guide you and provide you with structure, to allow you to develop your sense of responsibility. This is very different from violent behaviour; the objective is to help you grow, not constrain you.
You can’t judge a book by its cover. Violence can be committed by strangers, friends, members of your family, people you know, or neighbours. Violence can even come from people you trust.