Comments on: Military School Website http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2007/12/04/military-school-website/ 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 By: Joanne Factor http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2007/12/04/military-school-website/#comment-7700 Joanne Factor Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:50:38 +0000 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/?p=265#comment-7700 I find it ironic that an apparent way to reduce violence is sending kids to military academies (where you learn to, well, kill people--that's what armies do, after all). This coming from a black-belt martial arts instructor . . . I'm guessing the effective aspect is the explicit structure. Believe it or not, kids LOVE structure, and many will fall apart when structure crumbles. But it has to be more or less constant. Some parents put their kids in my karate program, hoping that their children will miraculously develop self-discipline. Three hours a week of aclass structure do NOT compensate for the other 165 hours of parental insecurity. I find it ironic that an apparent way to reduce violence is sending kids to military academies (where you learn to, well, kill people–that’s what armies do, after all). This coming from a black-belt martial arts instructor . . .

I’m guessing the effective aspect is the explicit structure. Believe it or not, kids LOVE structure, and many will fall apart when structure crumbles. But it has to be more or less constant. Some parents put their kids in my karate program, hoping that their children will miraculously develop self-discipline. Three hours a week of aclass structure do NOT compensate for the other 165 hours of parental insecurity.

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