Saturday, January 26, 2013
We Can't Afford to Have a Blind Eye to Violence
Hey Everybody, a lot is happening. It seems there is one calamity after another, before we can digest and fully understand one tumultuous incident another one is taking place.
These incidents could leave parents and teenagers alike paralyzed with fear, and powerlessness. With the level of violence that is targeted towards schools, what was a simple daily occurrence, children attending school, is now a low level anxiety producing experience.
No parent wants to hear that their child, friend, cousin, niece, or nephew, was a part of a shooting, or any other violent act. These incidents leave us feeling powerless and clueless. All of the professionals involved are seeking to find answers to preventing these violent incidents. The prevailing question is, "didn't someone see it coming?"
We the parents may be the first line of defense. We can teach our children the warning signs that their friends are having serious problems. Teach them to report to an adult when their friends are talking about dying, joking about dying, or refusing to give up a grudge. Teach them that talk about hurting others is an indication that something is wrong.
The violence is terrible, but it's bothersome when others come forward stating that the perpetrator told them they were going to kill someone, but they never reported the perpetrator to anybody. We may look at it as teaching our teens to be "snitches" but we will appreciate it if a terrible incident is prevented.
Finally parents, pay attention to your teens, it's not good to avoid obvious problems. If you see a mood shift, a change in your tern's friends, your teenager is isolating themselves, your teenager is preoccupied with weapons, your teen is excessively jealous. If you feel uneasiness with your teen's friend, pay attention and be proactive, in preventing problems, big problems and small problems. If it's your teen seek professional help. If it's someone else teen talk to their parents, or alert the police.
It could be nothing, but it could be everything. Protect yourself and protect those you love, remember to act proactively.
These incidents could leave parents and teenagers alike paralyzed with fear, and powerlessness. With the level of violence that is targeted towards schools, what was a simple daily occurrence, children attending school, is now a low level anxiety producing experience.
No parent wants to hear that their child, friend, cousin, niece, or nephew, was a part of a shooting, or any other violent act. These incidents leave us feeling powerless and clueless. All of the professionals involved are seeking to find answers to preventing these violent incidents. The prevailing question is, "didn't someone see it coming?"
We the parents may be the first line of defense. We can teach our children the warning signs that their friends are having serious problems. Teach them to report to an adult when their friends are talking about dying, joking about dying, or refusing to give up a grudge. Teach them that talk about hurting others is an indication that something is wrong.
The violence is terrible, but it's bothersome when others come forward stating that the perpetrator told them they were going to kill someone, but they never reported the perpetrator to anybody. We may look at it as teaching our teens to be "snitches" but we will appreciate it if a terrible incident is prevented.
Finally parents, pay attention to your teens, it's not good to avoid obvious problems. If you see a mood shift, a change in your tern's friends, your teenager is isolating themselves, your teenager is preoccupied with weapons, your teen is excessively jealous. If you feel uneasiness with your teen's friend, pay attention and be proactive, in preventing problems, big problems and small problems. If it's your teen seek professional help. If it's someone else teen talk to their parents, or alert the police.
It could be nothing, but it could be everything. Protect yourself and protect those you love, remember to act proactively.
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