We need to be more involved with our teenagers day to day lives and keep an eye on them. They are not adults yet, and no matter how big they get physically, there minds still dont comprehend the dangerous results their actions could have. This is where is is up to we parents to keep in control. Are they safe. They spent two years in public schools, and it will never happen again.
Location has alot to do with the safety and the education in the schools.
My children attended a central area school along with living near two area high schools and a junior high. My daughter tells me that she feels a little afraid at school, but she also knows that she has to be aware of the people she is with and she would turn someone in that even threatened to do anything harmful. She and her friends all have a little fear in them with the problems going on in other places. I read that school homocides have actually declined in recent years, it's just that columbine gets a lot of publicity. Regardless of how it is perceived, I think youth violence is definitely an ongoing issue that we should all be wroking to diminish.