GUN VIOLENCE......TEENS ARE HOT WITH THE BANGERS

The percentage rate is rising for gun violence everyday in the Englewood Community on Chicago's soutside. Everywhere you turn there is a memorial site for some young teen being killed. I was born and raised on the westside of Chicago and yes gun violence is there also, but now that I reside in the Englewood community, I have seen so much more. It has been only a year and on this side of town our youth are being taken out like they are in combat. From the police killing our youth to them killing one another. The rumor thickens in the air daily as you hear that the world is coming to an end, but is that the case? How can we as parents, as leaders, as role models help stop the death rate of gun violence from rising more each year? There are so many organizations out here that try to get these teens involved in something more positive. The problem comes in when you have a teen that don't get the right discipline at home. So you tell me what is the problem? How can you expect a change when the parents won't change? Their parents don't interact with them, the fathers aren't involved, no family values, no morals and that leads to total destruction. All I can say is that the only way is Gods way. Don't give up as a parent and just let them die. A lot of people don't understand what that means. Fight for your children future and do what a parent suppose to do. BE THEIR LEADER. Take them from that environment that will send them to an early grave. Lets be honest here, the problem starts at home. Our children are mostly taught what they see. As long as you are still breathing.....its never to late! I grew up in the so called "HOOD" all my life. I am tired and I want something better. I don't have to settle for this and I won't. Remove your children from their own death trap. You don't have to forget where you came from....just make it better where you're going.