Children As Criminals
Recently there was a story in the news where children aged 8-10 (2 girls and 1 boy) were accused of plotting to harm their 3rd grade teacher because she yelled at one of them for standing on a chair. This happened in Waycross, Ga. The children brought duct tape, handcuffs and a kitchen knife to school to carry out the attack. Other students were to act as lookouts. School officails discovered the plot and called the police. Personally, I think this was the wrong approach. This is a situation which should have been handled by the school administration, the parents and possibly social services. This may have come as a shock to all the adults involved. Many parents are totally unaware of what is going on with there children, and their peers, until something like this happens. The students should have been reprimanded and suspended for a period of time. The parents should take care of disciplining their kids. I hope that they have a two parent household. If the situation warrants it, counselling is an option. We should not be turning all our problems with our kids over to the police. It is time for parents to act like parents and put an end to this atrocious behavior among our people.
