My, oh my, what is the world coming to on a serious level? I have just been able to stomach, but not accept, the number of deaths as a result of violence amongst our youth today. But on the 20th October 2008, I am now horrified and disgusted at the news that greets me on my most trusted news website.
The headline informs of a 5 year old bringing a knife to school. No it was not a “dangerous” knife, but a culinary knife. None the less, it was a knife. His intention was to hurt the teacher so that he could be moved to a class closer to his brother. In my adult mind, I cannot understand the objective of his actions, may be as a child I could if his aim was just to threaten his teacher, similar to what the television shows display. I don’t agree with what he did at all.
According to the report, the child was disciplined in the right way and his parents were immediately notified. A psychologist has been called to try and analyze this child and his behaviour.
I am not a parent, but I do have nieces and nephews and cousins and I am surrounded by children every week at church. This doesn’t qualify me to judge, but it does allow me to form my opinion and state that this is not normal behaviour. What I really want to do is ask a 5 year old if he or she would ever do such a thing?
What happened to the days where children would just throw a tantrum and get over it? They would cry a little, maybe throw an object across the room (in some cases) and sulk for a period, but never go home and premeditate murder or manslaughter. Is this too strong? Am I being harsh with my words? When did the direction of a child’s mental growth turn from inspiring to conspiring or from innocent to guilty?
In this instant, do you feel that it is enough to just talk to a child and let them know how serious their offence was? Do you think he/she will really understand the severity of their actions enough to never think about doing it again? Since they have taken God out of school and have fashioned discipline to be a moment of civil conversation and “time-out”, I believe that the number of well behaved children today in our society is declining and will continue to do so until we install some kind of fear in them. I recommend the fear of God.
Knowing that you are being watched is something that we as individuals loathe. As a child, if you knew you were being watched you were more than likely going to behave yourself. If a child knows that God is watching there every move then this will make them, I believe, more accountable on the basis that they are taught everyday of His love and His role as their heavenly Father.
I will agree with the mass that somewhere along the line, this child saw or heard something that caused him to believe that his behaviour was okay or that he had a right to hurt his teacher because she didn’t give him what he wanted, a common theme for murder in a number of movies, computer games and even cartoons. The environment that parents provide for their child is the number one factor and what the child is exposed to plays an important role in their life. I can only go on my own experiences and what I was exposed and not exposed to as a younger person.
I am just tired of seeing the increment in violent figures amongst the children today। I want to know what we can do to bring it to a decline. I am not craving for the days of old, but for society to be the way God intended it to be. If you don’t know॥ read the Bible, it has so much valuable information, even on raising your children.
Not all parents are doing a bad job, and I commend those who are. You are not forgotten and I acknowledge the hard work and love and dedicated time it takes to raise one child , two or three (whatever the case maybe) children. This blog is just a number of my opinions, thoughts and concerns fused together in one article.
My prayer is that this one incident is not followed by a second anywhere in the world and that this child’s mind is transformed…in Jesus name.
Information taken from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tyne/7680257.stm
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That was very good and I clearly understand where you are coming from. It different today than it was in our days. With a daughter that age I really need to adjust some things and tones in my life and attitude because you never know what children are going through or even thinking about until its to late. That was a eye opener. (Atlanta)
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