*parenting crisis. Knives are just an item. Poor parenting is leading kids to knife crime.
EnigmaT1m on
I took a kitchen knife to school when I was 11 years old.
Context, I was heavily bullied and said bullies pulled a knife on me. Next day, in a very much Crocodile Dundee way, I took a bigger knife to school. My child head told me that if they see that they will leave me alone. Never was there an intention to use it, it was merely a bigger threat type deal.
Of course those scrotes hid their knife and immediately grassed me up to the teachers, police and parents were involved.
People will assume I am maybe in my early 20s from the above. After all kids and knives is a new thing.
I’m 44. This was in the 90s. Over 30 years ago was the first time I was threatened with a knife in school.
Also, over 30 years ago was the *last* time I was threatened with a knife.
Saint_Sin on
I had a knife pulled on me every 3 months or so back in highschool and that was over 20 years ago. In primary i saw kids put in hospital being jumped by groups of kids.
I think 99% of people just willfully forget how insane it was being back in school.
Historical-Mix8865 on
We just took french bangers and stink bombs into school, isn’t that enough nowadays?
Dracubla on
My son, in year 1, heard a classmate directly threaten to bring a knife to school and stab one of his other year 1 friends. Turns out said kid has a chav dad (the mum told me so on a playdate prior to this happening) and is allowed to play Fortnite at home. I found out because my son immediately punched him in the face and I got called in to discuss it with the head teacher. The mum’s punishment was to stop him from playing Fortnite for 2 weeks, so hopefully my son’s immediate consequence will prevent the kid from making threats again, because the empty consequence his mum provided certainly won’t.
Crazy that 5 year olds have access to discussion/concepts like this, and are talking like this 🙁
supersonic-bionic on
Some people…perhaps…should have never become parents if they cannot control their kids or
Hollywood-is-DOA on
Knife detectors in all schools, is the simple solution. Regardless of hurt feelings of parents kicking off about it.
Choice_Ad4972 on
Some kid brought a throwing star into school when I was there, in around 2000. He threw it into the door in PE.
I made a mental note to stay away from him.
TomppaTom on
Ooh, knife crime story time! (That has a good ring to it. I should trademark it).
I have two knife crime stories, both from the late 90s in Manchester. I studied at UMIST and lived down on Stockport Road (just past the Asda, close to Paradise).
Onetime I was staggering home drunk at 0230 after a night in in Mutz Nutz, with a pal, and I heard the unmistakable click-click-click-click-click-click of an extendable craft knife blade coming out. The a voice from behind me, in a thick Manc accent, said:
“Yo, are yooz two students then?”
“Nah, mate, “ I replied, “I work in the Arndale.” (Which was also true, I was a part timer in a store there.
“Sorry to bother you then.”
And the guy vanished. Students were seen as fair game, under the misunderstanding that they still got fat student grants (ha, but I missed tuition fees by one year).
The second time I was walking the same route, under the same circumstances, and by second would be assailant was more direct.
“Give us ya money.”
I weighed my options and responded with
“FUCK OFF!”
In a rather spectacular backdown be continued:
“You don’t have to give me all of it…”
“FUCK RIGHT OFF!”
He fled, decided that the rather larger and aggressive metal head was probably not the easy target he thought it was.
r3xomega on
Let’s be honest for a moment, it’s not a ‘UK’ crisis, it’s a problem in certain areas. Kids aren’t stabbing each other in chipping norton
Calelith on
And im sure and article saying this and spreading fear won’t cause more kids to take knives now out of fear and wanting a defense.
I remember been younger and nobody i knew carried, then artcles like this came out and people started carrying out of fear the other guy would be.
FatherJack_Hackett on
You have parents who aren’t making sure their children aren’t toilet-trained by the time they start school, as it should be the school’s problem to sort.
You have parents who aren’t making sure their children are brushing their teeth by the time they start school, as it should be the school’s problem to sort.
You have parents who can’t be arsed to parent their child and instead leave Sir Apple iPadious with no parental restrictions applied, so they’re exposed to a whole world of unfiltered YouTube. Then there are parents who will ratchet this further, by buying kids under the age of 10 a smartphone, and allowing them access to social media.
Not to mention allowing video games, far beyond their age.
Parents are the problem. Children don’t raise themselves. Stop saying the iPad/tablet is “fantastic” as it keeps the kids occupied. Stop pandering to giving your child quite literally everything they want, because they want it and stop exposing them to a world they’re not grown up to understand yet.
Fucking infuriates me watching these parents at the school. Their only sole qualification for motherhood is having a womb.
DarthSynx on
Maybe this is a wild thought and I’ll probably get downvoted but you know when you commit a speeding offence and they offer a driving course? Well what about if a child does something like this then the parents are forced into a parenting course?
plawwell on
I took a toy knife to school in the late 70s but it was stolen. It was one of those play knives where when you pretend to use it on somebody then the blade sinks back into the handle. It was a fun toy until it was stolen. My brother found out I took it to school and beat me up. He then found out it was stolen at school and beat me up again.
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*parenting crisis. Knives are just an item. Poor parenting is leading kids to knife crime.
I took a kitchen knife to school when I was 11 years old.
Context, I was heavily bullied and said bullies pulled a knife on me. Next day, in a very much Crocodile Dundee way, I took a bigger knife to school. My child head told me that if they see that they will leave me alone. Never was there an intention to use it, it was merely a bigger threat type deal.
Of course those scrotes hid their knife and immediately grassed me up to the teachers, police and parents were involved.
People will assume I am maybe in my early 20s from the above. After all kids and knives is a new thing.
I’m 44. This was in the 90s. Over 30 years ago was the first time I was threatened with a knife in school.
Also, over 30 years ago was the *last* time I was threatened with a knife.
I had a knife pulled on me every 3 months or so back in highschool and that was over 20 years ago. In primary i saw kids put in hospital being jumped by groups of kids.
I think 99% of people just willfully forget how insane it was being back in school.
We just took french bangers and stink bombs into school, isn’t that enough nowadays?
My son, in year 1, heard a classmate directly threaten to bring a knife to school and stab one of his other year 1 friends. Turns out said kid has a chav dad (the mum told me so on a playdate prior to this happening) and is allowed to play Fortnite at home. I found out because my son immediately punched him in the face and I got called in to discuss it with the head teacher. The mum’s punishment was to stop him from playing Fortnite for 2 weeks, so hopefully my son’s immediate consequence will prevent the kid from making threats again, because the empty consequence his mum provided certainly won’t.
Crazy that 5 year olds have access to discussion/concepts like this, and are talking like this 🙁
Some people…perhaps…should have never become parents if they cannot control their kids or
Knife detectors in all schools, is the simple solution. Regardless of hurt feelings of parents kicking off about it.
Some kid brought a throwing star into school when I was there, in around 2000. He threw it into the door in PE.
I made a mental note to stay away from him.
Ooh, knife crime story time! (That has a good ring to it. I should trademark it).
I have two knife crime stories, both from the late 90s in Manchester. I studied at UMIST and lived down on Stockport Road (just past the Asda, close to Paradise).
Onetime I was staggering home drunk at 0230 after a night in in Mutz Nutz, with a pal, and I heard the unmistakable click-click-click-click-click-click of an extendable craft knife blade coming out. The a voice from behind me, in a thick Manc accent, said:
“Yo, are yooz two students then?”
“Nah, mate, “ I replied, “I work in the Arndale.” (Which was also true, I was a part timer in a store there.
“Sorry to bother you then.”
And the guy vanished. Students were seen as fair game, under the misunderstanding that they still got fat student grants (ha, but I missed tuition fees by one year).
The second time I was walking the same route, under the same circumstances, and by second would be assailant was more direct.
“Give us ya money.”
I weighed my options and responded with
“FUCK OFF!”
In a rather spectacular backdown be continued:
“You don’t have to give me all of it…”
“FUCK RIGHT OFF!”
He fled, decided that the rather larger and aggressive metal head was probably not the easy target he thought it was.
Let’s be honest for a moment, it’s not a ‘UK’ crisis, it’s a problem in certain areas. Kids aren’t stabbing each other in chipping norton
And im sure and article saying this and spreading fear won’t cause more kids to take knives now out of fear and wanting a defense.
I remember been younger and nobody i knew carried, then artcles like this came out and people started carrying out of fear the other guy would be.
You have parents who aren’t making sure their children aren’t toilet-trained by the time they start school, as it should be the school’s problem to sort.
You have parents who aren’t making sure their children are brushing their teeth by the time they start school, as it should be the school’s problem to sort.
You have parents who can’t be arsed to parent their child and instead leave Sir Apple iPadious with no parental restrictions applied, so they’re exposed to a whole world of unfiltered YouTube. Then there are parents who will ratchet this further, by buying kids under the age of 10 a smartphone, and allowing them access to social media.
Not to mention allowing video games, far beyond their age.
Parents are the problem. Children don’t raise themselves. Stop saying the iPad/tablet is “fantastic” as it keeps the kids occupied. Stop pandering to giving your child quite literally everything they want, because they want it and stop exposing them to a world they’re not grown up to understand yet.
Fucking infuriates me watching these parents at the school. Their only sole qualification for motherhood is having a womb.
Maybe this is a wild thought and I’ll probably get downvoted but you know when you commit a speeding offence and they offer a driving course? Well what about if a child does something like this then the parents are forced into a parenting course?
I took a toy knife to school in the late 70s but it was stolen. It was one of those play knives where when you pretend to use it on somebody then the blade sinks back into the handle. It was a fun toy until it was stolen. My brother found out I took it to school and beat me up. He then found out it was stolen at school and beat me up again.