At the question-and-answer session with the Minister of Education and Training on hot issues in the field of education, Minister Nguyen Kim Son said that those working in education are always concerned about when there will be no more school violence.
And Minister Nguyen Kim Son pledged to do everything possible to minimize, support, and control this alarming situation.
However, reality shows that to limit school violence, each commitment to action of the head of the education sector is not enough. Because the cause of school violence comes not only from schools but also from families and society.
Data from the Ministry of Education and Training shows that more than 70% of students with violent behavior come from unhealthy families: divorce, abuse, neglect, or emotional indifference.
This shows that a part of students - children are not natural but aggressive. They learn aggression from adults, through the screams at meals to the sudden cries between parents, from the reluctance to learn in words to the forced and punitive behavior.
Schools can teach ethics and life skills, but cannot teach children the emotions of being exposed to a violent environment at home.
Minister Nguyen Kim Son's commitment to "by all means minimizing, supporting and controlling school violence" is a necessary and hopeful commitment.
But as Minister Nguyen Kim Son said, schools are only a part of society, and the school wall is increasingly fragile by the encroachment of social networks, media and other social factors. In that context, if the family is not together, all efforts from the education sector will be as good as repair.
It is worth mentioning that many parents still have the mentality that when their children go to school, the responsibility for comprehensive education must belong to the school. When children have deviant behavior, they either blame the school, or make excuses for their children, or leave it to the teacher to "re-teach".
Many parents forget that no one can teach love if they live in coldness, lethargy or emotional isolation every day.
To reduce school violence, it is necessary not only to educate students, but also to "re-educate" adults, especially parentship skills. Training programs on family dialogue are needed, to relieve healthy emotions, manage anger, and understand children's psychology.
No one batages a parent perfectly, but a minimalist family needs to be a safe place to feel emotionally, not the cradle of repeated hurt.
School violence, especially on cyberspace, will continue if society only reacts after the clip of beating your friend.
Effective prevention of school violence only comes when every adult wonders whether they are truly a model of peace for children to follow?
Preventing school violence is not only the responsibility of the Minister of Education and Training. And first of all, that is the responsibility of each family towards their own children.
