In the editorial "Children who kills" it is stated that children who kill
are still rare. I guess you are strictly speaking for the reality of Great
Britain and Europe. This is not the reality for poorer countries and war
regions. The causes you point out ("All have experienced severe family
adversities: domestic violence, neglect,
child abuse, substance misuse, maternal depression, and absence of
fathers")are all present and common in these regions, but in the poorer
countries the phenomenon "children who kill and are from higher income
families" is getting more and more common. New claims for juridicial
responsability of the child are getting frequent in Brazil. I guess
this is not the answer! Education for all has been the claim for long to
drop the indexes of violence of lower income people, children included.
Now we see educated people killing as well. We must review the values of
education if we are to get a less violent world! This means educate for
life, educate for citizenship and not only educate for success, educate
for consuming, educate for effectiveness. We must rescue these values for
education objectives everywhere if we are to reach civilization anywhere
in the global world of today.
Rapid Response:
Children who kill is not that rare...
Dear Sirs:
In the editorial "Children who kills" it is stated that children who kill
are still rare. I guess you are strictly speaking for the reality of Great
Britain and Europe. This is not the reality for poorer countries and war
regions. The causes you point out ("All have experienced severe family
adversities: domestic violence, neglect,
child abuse, substance misuse, maternal depression, and absence of
fathers")are all present and common in these regions, but in the poorer
countries the phenomenon "children who kill and are from higher income
families" is getting more and more common. New claims for juridicial
responsability of the child are getting frequent in Brazil. I guess
this is not the answer! Education for all has been the claim for long to
drop the indexes of violence of lower income people, children included.
Now we see educated people killing as well. We must review the values of
education if we are to get a less violent world! This means educate for
life, educate for citizenship and not only educate for success, educate
for consuming, educate for effectiveness. We must rescue these values for
education objectives everywhere if we are to reach civilization anywhere
in the global world of today.
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