What is the best course of action to take to curb school violence?

Question

I agree that the problem started when we took prayer out of schools and parents were looked down on for disciplining their children. There are a lot of things that could be done better to curb the violence.

Answer 1

I am a parent and the course of action starts outside of school, in the home. Children are not being taught right from wrong. They are not getting the wippings and descipline I received. Parents, real parents, need to take responsibilities and stay on top of their children. Stop the drama at home in front of the kids whether the parents are together or not. If violence is in the home, the kids will bring it to school thinking it is a way of life. The same parents that are whinning about what schools should do and what they shouldn't are not even following that at home. What happen to a good ol' paddle at school? Then a good 'ol a$$ whuppin when you get home. It has worked for hundreds of years and there was no problems like this. As soon as corprole punishment was taken away and parents were looked down on for it,thats when this all started. Not to mention prayer being taken and even "under God" out of the Pledge of Alliegence. Its funny how people ask how it came to this and how do we correct it,when everyone knows what has changed prior to the results. When I was young I dared not to do anything wrong even on a small scale b/c first, it was wrong and I knew it, and second, my dad would wear me out. I had ramifications and I knew them quite well.

In closing, I blame the parents who have been influenced by our society. The best course of action would be to make parents responsible for parenting. Gun control and school security does not take care of the source of the problem.

I feel we need to look back at what has been done to contribute to this rather than changing things ahead only. We didn't have police in the schools before....lets find out why.

Answer 2

Better role models in society. What are kids are doing simply reflects in their behavior. It is the trickle down effect. Kids can't handle all the stress & hate so they react to what they are feeling. Every violent school situation is caused by bulllies pushing and pushing until the kids who act out explode. As adults we have the ability to make logical, rationale & wise choices. Kids cannot always do this. Many of the kids are under severe pressure at home,school and life in general. Some may have mental issues, self esteem issues, conduct issues, and so on. We need to have more counseling and interventions. We need to put in place some classes to teach kids how to be good human beings. They need a place where they can openly and honestly talk about problems, pressures, bullying etc. It would be good if they could have at least 30 minutes a day to have a group therapy type of setting where kids could learn how to resolve issues instead of letting it internalize and result in unstable acting out. This is definitely something we all need to think about, talk about and come together as a society to try and work on effectively! Bravo to you for starting the ball rolling.

Answer 3

Teach your kids a little discipline and respect. They will go to school and respect others, not taunt them, or they will go to school and know to walk away from a fight. It starts at home. If everyone did this, there would be none of that crap. ALL of the parents whose kids go out and do that kind of thing, have either ignored that child completely, or have not disciplined them properly. Hard facts, but it's the truth. How many of us think that our kids may do something like that one day? I know mine won't. And when she is old enough, she will learn to defend herself, and recognize the signs of a violent mind, my child WILL be safe, and I hope all of yours will be as well.

Answer 4

Educate people on how to be a good parent. Make men pay their child support and be a part of the kids lives. Keep the parents off drugs. Make kids stay in school and learn something. Put them on birth control so they aren't kids having kids. Teach children not to bully each other. Teach children how to deal with frustration and anger.

Answer 5

The return of discipline in the home and the schools. School security. Teachers armed and trained.

Answer 6

parents need to take active involvement in raising their children, too many parents have so little free time to spend trying to properly raise their children and expect the state (public education) to do so instead, it's the inevitable result of a society where both parents need to work fulltime just to get by

Answer 7

there is not quaranted method to stop school violence, we can only educate our kids about the dangers surrounding this type of inhumane situation. We must be on double guard wherever we go.

Answer 8

Sorry but some of these answers are rediculous!! The one action that needs to be taken is to simply stop bullies. If you've got a kid whose been verbally abused at a young age and then grows up with those same kids who bully, you've got a 50/50 chance that the kid...#1 is going to be screwy after it and #2 going to be a violent person and maybe violent to those kids. So, bullying needs to be taken more seriously. You can be as loving a parent as you want but if you send your child out the door and into a school where it is ridiculed and mistreated it's going to turn out bad. Which is sad.

Answer 9

Home schooling.

Answer 10

Better gun control.

Better parental supervision.

More vigilance on the part of school teachers and administrators.