Back in the 70's a group of psychiatrist did a study of violent behavior among mentally and emotionally handicapped children that were regarded as "violent". just to sum up their unanimous findings, The children were not inherently violent. They had learned to be violent and easily porovoked to violence bvy the treatment they recieved from others. The children were often seen as a burden by there caregivers and neglected and abused. There violent behaviore was a result of learned responce to their environment and their expectations of the treatment they would recieve. Those with the worst communication skills were noticably more violent. Hidden cameras showed the children unable to play because of fear. The ability to play with others is important in any childs ability to learn. The cxonclusion of the study was that these children must have extremely forgiving and loving family lives. They found that severely emotionally disturbed children with profound violent behavior became calm and curious when placed in open friendly environments.
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