Adults like you and me. Other experts agreed with Shaw, who said intervention in a troubled child's life could prevent deadly and violent behaviors. Howard Haas, a former La Mirada High School principal who now has formed a company to help communities fight youth violence, and fellow educator Alex Aitcheson spent last summer traveling across the nation, interviewing teens about why children are killing each other. That has not turned out to be true, Haas said. We're telling people to do things before the violence occurs.
Experts recommend that parents spend time with teens and learn what is happening in their lives.
Teach them the difference between violence on television or in movies and violence in real life. Ultimately, according to Shaw and Haas, the only effective solution to the problem of kids killing kids is in the home. Staff Writer Mike Sprague contributed to this report.