Child stabbed at school - How can this happen?

Yea this does hit home even here in the US when it happens it scares me. I am afraid that I will probably one day go to home schooling my kids because there is just too many kids who don't like other kids and cause problems. When I was in school there had not been shootings yet. Kids just beat the heck out of kids. I came home with bloody noses several times because kids didn't like me because of my last name. I mean come on why would you beat up someone because of their last name well it happens.

It is a terrible shame and very scary for us parents. The schools in my area have very strict rules as to what the children can bring to school. There are even some schools that have metal detectors at the doors they walk through. They have to have clear back packs and in highschool they are not even allowed. There have been some pretty tragic incidents. It's nuts that it has come to this and people are at a lose as to what to do.

Its a very sad news. I would not dream that as a parent my son would en up that horrible way. My hear and mins is with the boy's parents. As a teacher this shocking news really strikes me as it deals with my place of work even if thre is great distance. It saddens me that a place to learn has become a murder scene.

Hi, RawBill1. This is very sad news to hear about. I am a parent of an 8, 4 and a 2 year-old. I could never imagine going through something like this. It is very sad how violence is becoming so much stronger in schools. I was just talking to my cousin about this and I was saying that children are no longer safe in schools anymore... I told her that kids are supposed to be going to school to learn and they never come back home because they are either brutally attacked or killed. Only God can help us on this. It is so sad. When I hear bad news like this it makes me even more afraid for my kids. We don't know what is all out there for them. We can't protect them all of the time. And we love them so much. My heart goes out to the little boy's parents. I just wonder how could the other boy manage to get a knife into the school. Don't all schools supposed to have metal detectors??? Something needs to be done about this. Too many of our babies are dying over violence! All killings, need to stop in this world!

This is really horrible. I think kids have become more exposed to violence in movies, televisions and media. Both school and parents have to take some measures in stopping such incidents.

That is just horrible. I am a teacher and just cannot imagine something like that happening. However, I have caught students with knives before. They are not intending to use them to do something bad. They just have them in their backpacks. I am afraid that schools are going to have to go to metal detectors or other security devices.

It is a terrible and sad thing. And yes, here in the US it happens all to often. I will have to look for the group on Facebook.

yeah its sad, and yes its sad it happen way too much here in the usa. but i think its start with the parnets and teaching them that things like this isnt the proper way in handling things at all. but its sad that a young person lost thier live as well the person who did it too. the kids these days are way too smart for thier own good, and they are so different when i was a kid, and even when my kids was younger as well.

Has society really fallen so far that I just shrug my shoulders and think, yeah, I can see something like this happening? Unfortunately, I think this is far from the case. There are just too many events in the news like this these days. This is a horrific incident and just one of the many that have happened. This is not the first time that something like this will happen. Nor will it be the last time. It is really difficult to prevent something like this. However, I will say this. People are looking for things to blame a lot more than looking for solution. It is very easy to blame television, movies, and video games, because that is the easy solution. However, I think that's completely wrong. There are countless people who are exposed to violence. Only a fraction of a percentage will do something like this. I am even a bit weary to blame the parents for this but they are partially responsible for the actions of their children in cases like this. I do not think there is no easy or simple solution. It could be a mental problem. It could be an anger problem. It could be poor parenting. It could be any number of things. I hope that situations like this become a thing of the past but I know better.