To counter that influence, parents must be proactive in their child s life. There is no substitute for real family time. Don t mind your own business. Mind their business. A recent Newsweek article on the Colorado killings says that parents should tell their kids they must be willing to break a code of silence when they promise a friend they will not tell if the friend is talking about hurting someone else or making an attempt on his or her own life.
Kids can help protect each other.
We know the answer to some of those questions because in our litigious society, educators must strive more for political correctness. In Columbine, students in a gang were allowed to wear black trench coats, flaunt swastikas and publicly declare their praise of Adolf Hitler. It's sadly ironic that a student in the same school might be prohibited from carrying a Bible or making the same public statements in the name of the God of his or her choice. Bethel Regional High School may be on the right track. When he finished shooting, principal Rod Edwards and student, Josh Palacios, lay dead.