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The Jungle 1

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70. In Pa a child this age would be eligible for intensive mental health intervention.

Tue Mar 21, 2023, 04:13 PM

Mar 2023

It would have been available before the situation got this bad. Full evaluation and a treatment plan set up by professionals. This plan can include full time one on one shadowing in school. No cost to parents! It is well known that if we intervene early this behavior can be changed and it is way cheaper and easier to do it early. It is in fact life altering and it works.

The article states that there was a treatment plan but a parent had to shadow the child. The article also states the child has an “acute disability”.

If this child got the gun at home that is the parents fault! However fixing his mental health issues is probably way over their heads. It is for most people. The school would be to blame if there is a history of this behavior and no treatment plan was set up. There was a treatment plan.

Understand prison is way more expensive than treatment.

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Six year old who shot teacher in Newport News Virginia update: [View all] GreenWave Mar 2023 OP

The parents need some parenting skills at the least. LakeArenal Mar 2023 #1

That's what I thought too Sanity Claws Mar 2023 #7

+1 2naSalit Mar 2023 #32

exactly. Six years old, and threatening with a belt? Choking? CharleyDog Mar 2023 #66

Just who are these parents who have not been charged with anything? nt Samrob Mar 2023 #68

He sounds like an unhinged little kid Marthe48 Mar 2023 #2

Exactly. He needs to be removed from his home and wnylib Mar 2023 #63

His parents need to be charged/arrested. The child is not the only guilty party here. LonePirate Mar 2023 #3

The parents need to be identified. Sneederbunk Mar 2023 #11

maybe they cannot control him either treestar Mar 2023 #14

Then They Should Not Send Him To School Or Other Public Places SoCalDavidS Mar 2023 #17

Then they sure shouldn't have a gun that he can access exboyfil Mar 2023 #22

The mother? I read the article. No mention vanlassie Mar 2023 #29

The gun is registered to her exboyfil Mar 2023 #37

And the parents of such children leave guns lying around loose? Crunchy Frog Mar 2023 #45

Such Children RobinA Mar 2023 #48

Agree, sadly. Neglected and that's abuse. vanlassie Mar 2023 #55

Six is not too late Warpy Mar 2023 #73

ok good point treestar Mar 2023 #64

He sounds truly like a threat. underpants Mar 2023 #4

That jumped out at me as well HuskyOffset Mar 2023 #41

Maybe the adult was sitting on the floor with the kids? Shipwack Mar 2023 #65

Someone is going to get hurt - or killed. There needs to be state LeftinOH Mar 2023 #5

Someone was already shot in the face. Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #28

My first thoughts were where did he learn to do those things? nt Biophilic Mar 2023 #6

Anywhere. Family members, Neighbors. Unsupervised Media. haele Mar 2023 #31

Maybe, but I would certainly look at the so called authority figures in his own home. Biophilic Mar 2023 #58

If they say he used to take off his belt Mr.Bill Mar 2023 #50

Yes, exactly what I was thinking myself. Biophilic Mar 2023 #54

He clearly needs help. My questions are: Quakerfriend Mar 2023 #8

Mom's gun exboyfil Mar 2023 #23

I hope everyone gets the help they need. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2023 #9

This child should not be mainstreamed in regular school. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #10

Given what seems to be negligence on the part of the school system-- thucythucy Mar 2023 #15

Yep the school totally dropped the ball in this case. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #27

Agreed. The child either learned from the parents Ms. Toad Mar 2023 #43

Yes exactly. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #53

I was a peer advocate at a rape crisis center for a decade. Ms. Toad Mar 2023 #69

Yes. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #72

The school shouldn't be put in this position, period. LisaM Mar 2023 #57

This is a kid who needs to be institutionalized in a mental care facility if ever there was one. Sky Jewels Mar 2023 #12

He obviously meets the criteria of being "a danger to himself or others." ShazzieB Mar 2023 #38

Definitely! Sky Jewels Mar 2023 #62

psychopath in the making? treestar Mar 2023 #13

It's likely he already is one. maxsolomon Mar 2023 #18

Here's how I always remember the difference steelyboo Mar 2023 #30

Ted Kazinsky's mom tells the story of MadameButterfly Mar 2023 #56

"...in the making"? Paladin Mar 2023 #20

Multisystemic therapy is the only evidence based treatment for kids like this SheltieLover Mar 2023 #16

They can't even keep track of their own gun exboyfil Mar 2023 #24

No doubt. SheltieLover Mar 2023 #40

The negligence is on the part of the parents. They should be charged. ZonkerHarris Mar 2023 #19

I went to school with a kid like this, named Charlie CanonRay Mar 2023 #21

Yikes! SheltieLover Mar 2023 #42

The school deserves a ton of blame here dsc Mar 2023 #25

This child has either a serious mental illness or he is being abused. Either way, Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #26

I will be honest. He seems to be a psychopath. scarletlib Mar 2023 #33

There can be no doubt this child is being abused at home. Sogo Mar 2023 #34

The 6 year old understands Guns and Cha Mar 2023 #35

Stop mainstreaming these kids. LisaM Mar 2023 #36

The actions of the child and the actions of the school district mn9driver Mar 2023 #39

He obviously needs help, and needs to be in a school or facility Crunchy Frog Mar 2023 #44

I knew a kid like this in grade school. It's some kind of rage disorder. Ray Bruns Mar 2023 #46

I agree it is some form of mental illness. Unless this child is institutionalized and ratchiweenie Mar 2023 #52

For centuries, SCantiGOP Mar 2023 #47

But juvenile adjudication could help IbogaProject Mar 2023 #61

Have the authorities considered Dan Mar 2023 #49

Sometimes, school administrators cksmithy Mar 2023 #51

I thank all of you for your comments. GreenWave Mar 2023 #59

Meet your 2053 freshman Republican U.S. Senator from Virgina !! nt TeamProg Mar 2023 #60

This is like moniss Mar 2023 #67

In Pa a child this age would be eligible for intensive mental health intervention. The Jungle 1 Mar 2023 #70

If I am recalling the information correctly, phylny Mar 2023 #71