New data shows nearly one-third of Australians aged 18 or 19 have experienced intimate partner violence in the past year. Those involved in the support sector say they are shocked by the level of violence some young people are experiencing.
The latest findings are based on data from AIFS’s Growing Up in Australia, one of the world’s largest longitudinal studies.
The study has been tracking 10,000 Australians for more than two decades and it is being used to inform government policy.
Source: Teenagers experiencing intimate partner violence at ‘troubling’ rates, research finds – ABC News
The virtual games they play are riddled with interpersonal violence.
The kind of violence that teen boys play in virtual groups involves stalking , pack behaviors, killing is par for the course, tremendous bullying, and with all kinds of hyper sexualised identities.
Social media disseminates and rewards it rapidly.
Most parents have no idea how violent these ‘games’ are, also addictive.
We have a huge problem with kids not receiving real life consequences for appalling behaviors they enact online.
We are living in an era of increasing anti-intellectualism. In a post truth world, things are not only distorted but dangerous: anything goes and “if you don’t like it, that is your problem”.
Where to even start with the public role modelling ?!