VERBAL AGRESSION IN CHILDREN
Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me. We have all heard the chant a hundred times. Is it true? Do “bad” words have the ability to harm? Can children’s aggressive or invasive language actually damage other children? When do children start acquiring these speech patterns and directing them toward others? I have selected this assignment to explore children’s communication skills as it relates to their verbal aggression. It is an attempt to understand the causes as well as the consequences this phenomenon has on our children. In the course of researching a business ethics paper, numerous references addressing children’s harassment and violence kept appearing. I found this unsettling since my remembrances of childhood “bad” words, dispelled by chanting the above rhyme, seemed to lead to neither psychological nor physical harm. Articles referencing ‘invasive communication’, violence, and slang appeared as topics and keywords. Given the incidents of violent actions by children over the last several years, I have reviewed news articles and documented studies in an attempt to put a timeline on acquisition of this language and the consequences of behaviors that are associated with it.
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Approximate Word count = 3104
Approximate Pages = 12 (250 words per page double spaced)
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