Children At Risk.

It is not as common here in Europe as it is in the United States. What would you do, keep your kids "prisoners" inside your home during all their life? They can be killed even in a supermarket, a restaurant at a McDonald's, at a theater or inside a store.

Interesting posts you come up with. I'd say, that risk exists even otherwise. The child would go for shopping, with you, and it could happen there. You could be at the Church and there too it can happen. Maybe at the park, or in the flight, or train. How far can we protect our children? And how? The issue is ...we are just getting hold of the people who commit the crime, get a sentence for them, and are done. Why did they do it, matters, understanding their psychology matters to prevent future incidences...we are not bothered with that aspect. That is what we need to do. Instead we feel the person should be hanged. Ok...but first understand why he did it. Home schooling is not for everyone I feel. It should also not be for long. Schools teach children more than we are willing to acknowledge. Children learn to adapt, they learn to share, they learn to help. When there is nobody other than family member to share, then would the child share in future? What sorta world we would give them when they cannot get help when they need...because the person who can help them, has developed boundaries on who is to be helped, and who is not to be helped?

I just thank God that these things weren't happening when my son was in school. I am not sure I would have been successful with home schooling, and I think learning how to get along with people is an important part of the school experience. Odds are, with violence and Covid, I would have sent him to a private school of some kind.

Homeschooling is no safer than being at an actual school. Anything can happen at home. If you think of it every day your surviving multiple ways you could die. The world is full of dangers. Kids are more likely to have abuse at home than at school. A child not seeing a teacher and having parent/s home teaching them is a good way for an abuser to take advantage of a child and their trust. Schools allow teachers to observe a child with them. Yes, there is always a risk of a child getting hurt at school NO place is safer. Also, parents are not certified and don't go to college to become teachers and if your child has special needs for some schooling, it's a lot harder at home than it is at school. My kids all have IEPs for learning disabilities and it's much easier in school their commendation.

No, I wouldn't consider home schooling... The parents still have to work and bring in money to pay the bills. School shootings aren't THAT common. MAYBE, if shootings were happening where I live, I'd move to a different part of the US.

I really wouldn't want to be bringing up children these days. It must be a nightmare for some.

Wow. My sister homeschools her children, but not because she’s worried about their physical safety.

If ever, I have kids. I will still be sending my child to a private school where there are not too much number of kids, because they need to learn how to socialize and communicate with other kids

If it's safer at home I would. Reportedly, there's a new strain of covid starting. If it's covid, I wouldn't let the kids attend school. As for shootings, there are no cases of mass school shootings here, so it's safe to send them to school if covid is not around.

I would if I had children. I also have to wonder if maybe people should be given parenting tests to make sure they do not raise violent kids.

with a lot of shooting and killings, that is really possible

It's terrible to hear about so many school shootings and now in Serbia too.

That is really scary and why is this happening these days?

If my children were young at this time, I would definitely be homeschooling them at this point. I wanted to 20 years ago when they were little but their father wouldn't hear of it. The things some children are being taught in public schools these days are ridiculous, and couple that with the school shootings...forget it. It would be home-schooling for us.

That is not a good reason for homeschooling. There are good reasons. We hear almost daily of new mass shootings and they are not always at school, they can be anywhere.

It is getting scary. This is happening so often anymore. I just pray my kids never have to go through it. I bet it causes PTSD.

I often see, read in the news about shooting issues in the USA. Hope preventive measures are taking care by the authorities.

I considered it and dismissed it. I know I'm not qualified to make sure they're learning everything that they need to know to succeed in life. I've seen videos of homeschooled middle schoolers reading at a lower level than my kids did in kindergarten and there's no way I could stomach failing my kids like that. We're kind of reevaluating the idea now that we're looking at our oldest being in high school, because she did fairly well with the distance learning during the pandemic and something online with a flexible start time might be a better option for her than a traditional high school. A lot of that came about because of a recent threat someone called into the local high school.

If this was the world when I was growing up my parents would certainly have me do homeschooling, If I had little children now then I would also have them home-schooled,

School shootings are not as common where I live in the UK but we do have to worry about things such as knife crime that obviously can be worrying. I often see school shootings in say the US and hear about children being caught up and killed in it and it does upset me. If I was in say the US and I had a choice, I would probably home-school my kids, would hate to have that worry about my kids not coming home due to a shooting.