When it comes to violence in 2024, it has skyrocketed compared to what it was in 2020 all across the U.S. The number of deaths caused by violence has gone up majorly for children because of brutality around the world, especially when it comes to racial profiling, malicious prosecution, and other harmful acts.  In a lot of situations, any argument or disagreement between people escalates so quickly to the point where it can turn physical and end up deadly.

According to KFF, which is a source for health policy research, recent increases in firearm deaths were driven by violence. Firearm assaults killing children and teenagers have increased over the past decade, resulting in 1,674 deaths in 2022. If we keep going at this rate with deaths and violence, the world will have nothing left unless we do something about it.

Violence doesn’t just end with firearms, it is known for students to have high school fights, but it goes too far to where they can concuss somebody, put them in a coma, or kill them. On March 11th, there was a fight that broke out between two girls at Hazelwood East High School in Missouri. They were both 15 years old and one of them proceeded to bash the other girl’s head into the outside concrete floor. She suffered fatal head injuries and was left in a coma. 

Fortunately, violence is preventable. The CDC developed Youth Violence Prevention Resource for Action to help communities to prevent youth violence. It can impact individual behaviors and the relationship, family, school, community, and societal factors that influence risk and protective factors for violence. There have been 53 studies proving that violence prevention programs have helped decrease violence in schools.