More than many people are aware of, and even more than are on this list that follows. Talking To Your Kids About School Safety Not since talking about sex has a topic left so many parents feeling so tongue-tied as school violence. But like sex, talking about school safety is important to your child's well-being . School shootings, at least in the numbers seen recently, are a somewhat new issue for parents to consider. Because of this, there are very few experts around who have studied the topic for long periods of time.
Schools are just as new at figuring out ways to prevent school shootings as anyone else.
School shootings are relatively new phenomena, and the space between the first few led some to believe that perhaps they wouldn't stay with us as an everyday consideration. When it comes to preventing school shootings and violence, there are often things the shooter or shooters do in public that can act as an advanced warning. Take our school safety quiz and see how prepared you and your child are in the event of the unthinkable. When you are the Parent of a Schoolyard Bully You discover that you child was the instigator and the one throwing the first punches the whole time. The phone rings, and it s the police.