Kids getting killed in the United States

Published on February 12, 2004 By DRmami In Current Events

I am parent of 2 children, one if 6 and the other is 9 months old.. I have been seeing all these headline news where kids from my state, Fl, and from around the rest of the world are killed.. The little 11 year old, walking home from a sleepover, being kidnapped on videotape, shows up murdered.. i prayed for that little girl to be ok, but somehow knew the outcome when the car was found and she wasn't.. Then there are 2 12 year old boys in a middle school that are best friends, one takes a knife to school and slits the other one's throat, leaving him to bleed to death in the boys bathroom.. He goes calmly to his next class, with blood on his shirt and shoes.. He confesses when caught.. The 12 year old that was killed was an academic achiever.. straight a's, played musical instruments, a model child.. He was just buried on Monday... in another school a girl takes tweezers to school and stabs a classmate numerous times, leaving her to get over 50 stitches in her face, i believe.. What the hell is going on in this country.. Parents, what are we doing wrong? Someting is definitely happening.. These kids that commit crimes don't necessarily come from broken homes, or abused homes.. They often come from loving families and themselves don't know what went wrong.. Parents, let's make it a vow to talk to our children daily, as about their friends and the goings on at school, we need to be more involved.. something has got to give.. I fear every day for my little first grader going to school.. You send them to school and just assume that they'll be ok, even after everything at columbine.. Its like somehow , not that we forget, but that we let our guards down and just assume it will be ok.. But our kids are being molested, raped, and even killed in our schools.. what as a society are we doing wrong? And how can we fix this? I'm just a scared parent, I love my kids and don't want anything to happen to anyone else's kids.. I can remember holding my little girl in my arms when she was born, her first steps, her first smile, her first little tooth that came out thanksgiving day, and these are the exact same thoughts going through these parent's heads as they lay their kids to rest in a grave 6 feet deep.. This hurts me so bad.. Let's do something parents, no parent should have to bury their child..

Comments

Sexylildevil

on Feb 12, 2004

As a mother of 3 I am also concerned about what the future holds for the children, their saftey, and their morals. I think alot of the reason todays kids act the way they do is .. they have wayyy too many rights , and they know it.. They know that we as parents cant disciplin them the way our parents did us and their parents did them, They have no fear, no respect for their elders, or in some cases for themselves. They just dont get the "this is right" this is verrry wrong" thing.. Some of these children dont understand that their actions have serious consiquenses ( yeah I know I need some spelling lessons... lol figure it out.. ) And as far as protecting our children, we do need to keep them very aware of the dangers that lurk about, I let my children watch the news, they see what happens to kids their age everyday, they know all about the little girl who was kidnapped and killed ( we also live in florida so it hits pretty close to home). My husband works with a guy who is very close to the family of the boy who had his throat slashed by his best friend, and my children know all about that aswell, and the little 10yr old girl who was raped by 2 boys in the elementery school bathroom, and so on. The list of tragidies is endless its a scarey thing to think about.. when you send your children off to school you should be able to be at ease, knowing they are in a safe enviroment. I pray everyday for those who have lost there children due to some senseless act of violence , I pray that my children will never have to deal with the suffering that some of these children had to deal with, and most of all I pray they come home to me safe and sound with their innocense still in tact.. ( more to come on this im sure running short for time so this is all for now)

Machiavelli_incorporated

on Feb 12, 2004

As a high school student in a school of over 1000 students, i know full well of what goes on in our school system. Simply from what i can observe on a daily basis, there is increased divisions from social groups and more distinctions and hatred against them. Contrary to popular belief, the most kids that get in trouble are not the ones that dress in black, dye their hair, or listen to marylin mason, but tend to be the complete opposite, the ones from upper-middle white families. These are the ones that commit crimes, take drugs, and get away with it all too. This creates even more animosity from other kids who see them getting away what they do simply because of who they are. This causes even more violence, and so the cycle goes on.

messybuu

on Feb 13, 2004

I wouldn't worry too much. After all, the news does tend to make things seem worse than they really are (I thought that the world would soon end after those articles about Saddam and WMDs during Clinton's era). There are problems out there, but I do think that worrying about them rather than forgetting them (but not acting as if they can't happen to you) is the best route to take.
What do I think is the problem? I think that, if the Columbine kids and the Taliban kid are any indication, that children are not receiving the discipline they need. More discipline than less discipline (although approaching the extremes of either side should never be considered), because as Sexylildevil, children have too much freedom, which isn't a good thing if they can't handle the responsibility of it. Some parents might feel that punishing children is "child abuse," but I'm sure being grounded, put on time out, or spanked is far better than ending up in prison or dead.

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