Hopefully I'm allowed to post this here as I cannot post this question on FB. This is related to a threat of school violence. I don't see any rules that this would violate but I could be wrong.
So this happened yesterday at my son's school. He is in 5th grade so all the students involved are 10-11. He told me yesterday that a kid in his class who he sits with on the bus brought a pocket knife to school. She Kid 1) gave it to another boy (kid 2), who was supposed to pass it to another girl (kid 3). Kid 2 noped right on out of the situation and gave the knive to a teacher and told on kid 1 for bringing it to school. I'm not sure what was done and it's not really my business. But on the bus ride home Kid 1 who shares a bus seat with my kid, told him that she brought the knife to give to kid 3 so kid 3 could hurt someone. So obviously nothing was done that day other than them taking the knife. I don't know anything about the tye of knife bc my kid never saw it. In my head I feel like it's probably just some kid running her mouth trying to sound "cool". However, thats not my call to make nor a chance I'm willing to take these days. I picked my kids up from daycare at 430 and he immediately tells me about it. No one is at the school at that point and there is no school today. So I messaged a frind of mine who is a 6th grade teacher about it bc I thought at least she could get the info to who needed it, and she did. I just got a call from the principal letting me know he'd gotten the info and that they were looking into it and asked if my kid had said anything else, etc.
This all just makes me so sad. They are 10/11 years old for crying out loud. The fact that they hear enough about this or that they think talking about doing something makes them sound cool makes me sad for our kids. I'm very proud that my kid and kid 2 spoke up and told an adult, but sad that now this is something my kid will worry about.
So how to you talk to your elementary aged kids about stuff like this? They've had active shooter drills which also makes me sad, but when we've talked about those they always assume the threat is an adult. Its different to think the threat might be your friend.
So this happened yesterday at my son's school. He is in 5th grade so all the students involved are 10-11. He told me yesterday that a kid in his class who he sits with on the bus brought a pocket knife to school. She Kid 1) gave it to another boy (kid 2), who was supposed to pass it to another girl (kid 3). Kid 2 noped right on out of the situation and gave the knive to a teacher and told on kid 1 for bringing it to school. I'm not sure what was done and it's not really my business. But on the bus ride home Kid 1 who shares a bus seat with my kid, told him that she brought the knife to give to kid 3 so kid 3 could hurt someone. So obviously nothing was done that day other than them taking the knife. I don't know anything about the tye of knife bc my kid never saw it. In my head I feel like it's probably just some kid running her mouth trying to sound "cool". However, thats not my call to make nor a chance I'm willing to take these days. I picked my kids up from daycare at 430 and he immediately tells me about it. No one is at the school at that point and there is no school today. So I messaged a frind of mine who is a 6th grade teacher about it bc I thought at least she could get the info to who needed it, and she did. I just got a call from the principal letting me know he'd gotten the info and that they were looking into it and asked if my kid had said anything else, etc.
This all just makes me so sad. They are 10/11 years old for crying out loud. The fact that they hear enough about this or that they think talking about doing something makes them sound cool makes me sad for our kids. I'm very proud that my kid and kid 2 spoke up and told an adult, but sad that now this is something my kid will worry about.
So how to you talk to your elementary aged kids about stuff like this? They've had active shooter drills which also makes me sad, but when we've talked about those they always assume the threat is an adult. Its different to think the threat might be your friend.