Teenagers, gangs, Emo and a suicide

Author: admin | Category: Emo bands, Emo kids, People, Psychology

It began like a usual friendly party. There were six of us at the table, and we leaded a slow discussion – beginning with the conflict between Russia and Georgia, comparisons of floor cost in London and Washington, and finishing with economic depression and gathering of donations for Democratic Party. Then we have come to bank interest-bearing rates, the Internet and immigration.
It is necessary to say that the immigration stream has brought a lot of young natives from Latin America; part of them has joined to criminal gangs, for example, such as Mara Salvatrucha (MS13). Someone of us has remembered that six months ago the deputy director of FBI told that there are 800 000 participants of youth criminal gangs in the United States. For example, a created in El Salvador gang MS13 before locating in Los Angeles, has got into 42 states in the USA, and has branches in four foreign countries at least.

In his speech, the deputy director of FBI John Pistol, has gave the following frightening information: “According to our estimations, MS13 already consists of almost 10 000 members, but the gang continues the strengthened recruitment, staking on pupils of secondary and higher schools”. Having heard it, two of our friends who has sons of 12 and 14 years old, have been shaken. We knew that their children learn Spanish, constantly listen to “Punk” and “Gothic” “noise” on their iPod and once they even told one of the girl-friends, the 12 years old girl, about a scene in Washington where Emo arose 20 years ago, and now, again revives, after oblivion.
Emo is a musical genre which units punk, gothic style and emotional hardcore. Emos are accused almost of everything – increasing of a children’s suicide, carrying black clothes, terrible black hair, shabby T-shirts with skulls, depression propagation and wrecking in music, thus stupid doctors even try to treat them, prescribing energizers. Emos are often exposed to sneers and intimidation by the coevals who don’t like their music. But Emos aren’t in need of friends, mobile phones and the Internet allow them to create world of their own and not to feel lonely themselves.

But there is another danger – Emo’s appearance attracts unnecessary attention. Among “Latinos” who appreciate cult of “courage”, the attack of Emo became a condition of joining to gang members. This custom is famous in Mexico, Texas, California here in Washington. Members of gang MS13 take initiation trough torment and outrage of captive Emo-boys and girls in the most awful way, thus the gang also consists of girls from 12 to 20 years old. Suddenly we have understood why suicides took the third place among death reasons of pupils in colleges. Let’s ask ourselves, what do we really know about our children’s life?

The teenage period is the most difficult turning point of our life. The child’s place and role in the world suddenly changes. It becomes difficult to come to understanding with their parents who do not understand them, do not know meaning of many words and expressions which are usual in the teenage society. Children one by one run into their problems.

Often, an arisen vital problem by teenager is so painful, that becoming Emo is the only way out for some of them. Sometimes the child gets thoughts about suicide. The part of suicide attempts occurs spontaneously and careful parents must in time notice guarding changes in behavior of the son or the daughter. Depression, deep sorrow, giving out of personal things is some of them. But, unfortunately, we happen are too busy to notice signs of an approaching trouble.

Someone advises to limit teenagers at home cruelly, the others, on the contrary, suggest to give them more “own space”. There is an opinion among adults that the unsuccessful teenage love affair doesn’t matter, forgetting, that at 15 it can become a main cause of the future tragedy.

And now we all six of us have understood, how stupid is to discuss world problems when we are not able to stop splash of children’s criminality and suicides even in our country. Is not it time for us to start to put in order our own “house”?