When you corrupt a young person's mind, you destroy their future. Up to three-quarters of children and adolescents living in high-crime urban areas experience violence (Bolling, 2014). Exposure to community violence can harm psychological development and create a stressful environment at home and school. This can then lead to corrupted minds in young people, which could leave them dead or in prison. Family or neighborhood support, where children know they have someone to turn to for advice or a safe haven, helps reduce the amount of violence children face. A recreation center is a safe place that allows children to have fun and stay away from the streets. Without this type of community support network and safe spaces for children to go to, families and children may otherwise become easily overwhelmed by the many challenges they face every day. The key to reducing the number of child deaths and reducing the amount of violence they witness is to help them from a young age. The idea is to create several nonprofit recreational organizations in neighborhoods where violence is widespread and make them available to underprivileged children. Parents also play an important role in the development of children, which is why courses would be offered to help them learn parenting skills to help them on their journey to a better life. DataAccording to Orue et al. (2011), journal Psychology and Psychiatry, the more children are exposed to violence, the more they think it is normal and will be more likely to engage in aggression against others. The majority of violence to which they are exposed falls into three types. Exposure to media violence, community violence and domestic violence. Violence and abuse negatively impact the economy and should otherwise be invested in building centers that will propel our youth towards a prosperous future. Just like in Los Angeles, for every dollar invested in their programs, they save $2.50 in crime-related costs. A child's life journey should be filled with memories of fun and not memories of acts of violence. “Matt Gonzalez said, “I think when we talk about youth violence, we're talking about kids who don't have opportunities, so they're engaged in a certain degree of lawlessness, because we, in as a society, we have failed them. » (2014). Failure should not be an option for our young people, but we as a society should provide children with the opportunity to escape violence, thereby giving them a chance. Building more leisure centers as part of the journey to save a life!