Child killers

[Bubbles]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35924492

I think peer pressure and showing off seems to play a part.

Perhaps parents who monitor who their child mixes with, has some merit, or maybe not?

My parents didn't like my best friend and their fears were totally unfounded and they sought to influence who I mixed with.

i hated that at the time, I found it a bit prejudiced especially if it was because they had an unusual first name. ( for some reason my mother always thought an unusual first name led to a life of crime or prostitution    )

But how useful is it, parents keeping a watch on who their child mixes with?

Sometimes the parents of bully's are the last person to see it, so how can they judge who their child mixes with?

What do you think? 

[Rhiannon]

Nobody seems to understand this particular case or think it could have been predicted.

And neither of the girls lived with parents. One of them was the victim of extreme violence from her mother. I'm not sure there's anything helpful about run of the mill parenting to be understood from this appalling incident.

[Hope]

Nobody seems to understand this particular case or think it could have been predicted.

And neither of the girls lived with parents. One of them was the victim of extreme violence from her mother. I'm not sure there's anything helpful about run of the mill parenting to be understood from this appalling incident.

Was listening to a social worker on BBC Breakfast this morning who was arguing that this is evidence for removing children from parental care far quicker/earlier than is the norm currently.  The problem with this is that with the record of fostering/adoption of older children - ie no babies - being so poor, we seem to be ending up with children who have not been propoerly socialised and are overly-institutionalised.  These two were in a children's home yet seemed to be able to leave the premises at any time of the day or night.