So we can blame “bad behavior” on children instead of their shitty parents or the shitty systems that make life unbearable. How many schools teach kindness? Mostly, the schools I went to taught that “if you defend yourself, you will be punished.” “If you do everything right but someone else won’t be quiet, the whole class will be punished.” I went to public schools in the bible belt. It was nightmarish. School shootings are tragic, but unsurprising given how children are treated.