Although children ages 6 and younger should learn as little as
possible about school violence, parents should provide simple and reassuring explanations about anything they do learn.
Highlights this spring will include a
discussion about school violence with Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund, and PBS NewsHour correspondent John Merrow, Ed.D.» 73; «Advice for Living from the Oldest (and Wisest) Americans» with Cornell University Professor Karl Pillemer; and a celebration of the 45th anniversary of...
For example, if your 4 - year - old
asks about school violence (he just might hear about it from friends or siblings), you could say: «A man hurt some children in a school far away.
Do you pull from your teaching or your parenting experience when writing adolescent characters, like those in Nineteen Minutes, a
novel about school violence and bullying?
When teachers, students, and law enforcement officials were asked about their
feelings about school violence in the Metropolitan Life Survey of the American Teacher: 1999, they revealed that their overall perceptions were that violence was decreasing.
Resources for Responding to Violence and Tragedy: in response to the recent shooting at Margery Stoneman Douglas high school, Scholastic has compiled tips to help educators handle
discussions about school violence and trauma.