Our Region Responds To The Newtown Tragedy
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2012-12-17/our-region-responds-newtown-tragedy
The mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., continues to reverberate across the country and our region. Kojo explores the overlapping issues of school safety, gun control and the challenges of talking to kids about tragic news.
Guests
Daniel Domenech
Executive Director, American Association of School Administrators (AASA); Former Superintendent, Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)
Joseph Viola
Educational Psychologist, St. Albans School; professor, The George Washington University Professional Psychology Program
Janice D'Arcy
Reporter and "On Parenting" Blogger, The Washington Post
Jamin Raskin
Member, Maryland State Senate (D- Dist. 20 Montgomery County); and Professor of Law, American University's Washington College of Law
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Certain that this will go over like a lead balloon (the biggest elephant in our global living rooms) AND along with our conversations about guns, mental illness etc. is there perhaps something that we need to address about how we raise our young males?
A psychologist on Diane Rehm's, responding to a call in, states it's common for fathers to break up marriages rather than address a mental disorder in their sons, seeing it (the disorder) as a weakness.
This is EXACTLY my point.
One of your guests is hiding behind the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. This Act does not stop a school district from convening a team in response to information it observes or receives about a potentially violent student. That team can include school officials, police, mental health experts, and social service providers. The team can develop a response plan specifically for this student.
I'm curious what our "culture of violence" has to do with a violent crime rate that has been steadily declining in the United States since the early 90's (http://bit.ly/8ftfst). This, apparently, in the face of increased media violence - such as in video games, television and movies - and the increased proliferation of all manner of firearms, including "assault weapons".
Furthermore, please explain why recent strict weapons prohibitions, such as those passed in Australia in 1997, have not appeared to have any positive affect on crime rates in that nation (http://bit.ly/VLVakf).