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Editorial
It goes without saying that the increasing violence in schools is deeply troubling. Children are supposed to bear an innocence that even Christ recommended for everyone to emulate (cf. Mk 10:15). Christ also warned that severe punishment would await those who corrupted the innocence of children (cf. Lk 17:2). Today children are killing each other, not only in schools, but in homes and neighborhoods, over squabbles from candy and toys to drugs and sex. Many have pointed to the availability of guns, but in reality guns have always been around. Others have pointed to the proliferation of violence in movies, TV and the media. However, violence has always been depicted in movies and TV and the media has always reported violent incidents. Children have always teased each other and rarely up until the last ten years have tormented kids responded by shooting their tormenters. Perhaps there is some truth in saying that the type of gun ownership has changed and how violence is portrayed in entertainment and media is different now. Perhaps even the type of teasing and insults have also changed. These things seem to point to a change in culture and values. The causal factors to the increasing violence among children have to be deep-seeded problems within society and its foundation the family. Guns, violence and insults have always been around, but have people changed? Has the family and its essential relationships changed? These troubling events will hopefully cause some people to stop and sincerely ask why. Hopefully, they will bring us back to families and the relationships of fatherhood, motherhood and childhood, because we all know that increased security and psychological counseling will not stop the next school shooting.
Mo, Editor

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