http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/10/teens-attack-threaten-gas-station-workers/ I use this blog to provide safety, self-defense, and security information, addressing topics such as domestic abuse, teen violence, and violent crime prevention. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:55:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/10/teens-attack-threaten-gas-station-workers/#comment-60 Brandi Jasmine Sat, 11 Nov 2006 00:05:05 +0000 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/?p=84#comment-60 Increased security is important, but it only half the solution. Dysfunctional schools also need to train their staff, then the students, in the core fundamentals of empathy and respect for their fellow human beings. You can only control violence so much through laws and restrictions. It is important that we understand bullying and intimidation as the cowardly, small thing it really is, and stop glorifying and tolerating it. When that happens, we'll see the improvement we desperately need. Increased security is important, but it only half the solution. Dysfunctional schools also need to train their staff, then the students, in the core fundamentals of empathy and respect for their fellow human beings. You can only control violence so much through laws and restrictions. It is important that we understand bullying and intimidation as the cowardly, small thing it really is, and stop glorifying and tolerating it. When that happens, we’ll see the improvement we desperately need.

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