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Originally Posted by Hondaracer
He’s just a kid. I’m sure he doesn’t have extensive training in conflict deesclaation nor did he probably expect to die from an altercation
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City News (1130) has been doing a series on how school aged children have been very negatively affected by COVID (as far as learning and development are concerned). Normally, even children would have developed some conflict resolution skills as part of their normal school life and socialization. But with COVID lockdowns and such, cohorts of students have either under-developed or not at all developed these normal life and socialization skills.
The Surrey kid in this case is 17, and seems to be a good kid. So he would have been 13 - 14 at the start of COVID. Those 14 - 17 teenage years are usually transformative. It is not unreasonable to assume that he might have done better if the world hasn't gone through COVID lockdowns.
That said, seeking help from authorities should have been a go-to skill for children and teenagers alike. He was texting his mom, so that was a form of it. Still, my adult brain is thinking that the default and most appropriate choice at the time should have been the bus driver. Unfortunately, it is not obvious how much help he has tried to seek.
On another note, we have another day, and another stabbing -- this time in Delta, happening to a 15 yr old kid. The police say the stabbing was targeted though.
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/0...tabbed-school/
I have a friend who works as a high school counsel, and I'm gonna try to him a bit to see how common it is nowadays for kids to carry weapons to school. Many years ago -- probably something like 5 - 7 years? -- he was telling me that it is not uncommon for kids who get picked on, or otherwise feel like they are under threat from other kids, to carry knives with them. Some would even carry handguns and flash them as a means of deterrent. At the time, I remember thinking how kids just used to settle our scores in high schools with fist fights. Sometimes you have gang (ie. group) fights, but they were all just fists and kicks and nothing beyond that.
Gosh... how I am glad I ain't a kid in this day and age. At the same time, I feel worse because I know this is what my kid is gonna be running into.
