{"id":9619,"date":"2023-01-18T22:18:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T22:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1votecloser.org\/?page_id=9619"},"modified":"2023-09-01T02:56:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T02:56:23","slug":"parents-fear-for-kids-safety-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/1votecloser.org\/es\/parents-fear-for-kids-safety-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents Fear for Kids’ Safety in Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Parents Fear for Kids’ Safety in Schools<\/h1>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Parents Fear for Kids’ Safety in Schools<\/h2>\n

As the 2022\/2023 school year is underway, great concern from parents regarding their children\u2019s physical safety at school increases. According to a poll completed by <\/span>Gallup<\/span><\/a> from 1 August 2022 to 23 August 2022, 44% of parents with children in grades one to 12 in K-12 schools fear for the physical safety of their children.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This latest poll was completed just three months after the mass shooting in Texas Uvalde where two teachers and 19 pupils were killed at Robb Elementary School. The latest result is just 11% shy of the fear parents had for their children\u2019s safety right after the gruesome shooting that occurred in 1999 at Columbine High School. Two teenagers fatally shot 13 people. That year the percentage of parents fearing for their children\u2019s safety reached a record high of 55%.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After that, in the chaotic aftermath of the shooting at Santana High School in 2001, parents gearing for their children\u2019s safety shot up to 45%. The COVID-19 pandemic prevented the gathering of any data between 2020 and 2021. However, results fluctuated between 35% to 15% between 2001 and 2019. The fact is that this school year\u2019s percentages are the highest its ever been since 2001.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Children Fear for Their Safety at Schools<\/h2>\n

Additionally, one if five children attending K-12 schools in the school year have expressed concerns for their safety at school. This indicates a shocking eight-point increase from the 2019\/2020 school year.<\/span><\/p>\n

The latest poll result is the same as the 2018 poll that was completed after shootings that occurred in Texas, Santa Fe, Parkland, and Florida. Children\u2019s fear for their own safety reached a record high of 22% in 2001 after the Santana High School massacre that took place in 2001.<\/span><\/p>\n

These fears from children reach out to far more than just school shootings. Parents and their children fear gang violence, communal violence, physical violence, mental attacks, cyber bullies, and much more when they go to school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These attacks take place on and off school property. Even if security guards are placed in schools, the violence extends outside of school, especially in the form of attacks on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n

Children Developing School Phobia<\/h2>\n

School phobia is becoming a far-reaching issue with children as their fear of going to school increases. COVID-19 resulted in a significant increase in occurrences among children. Apprehension about going to school can be caused by several factors. Children see and feel the anxieties of their parents, the media, their teachers, their peers, and the wider community. A child\u2019s school phobia is the direct result of certain issues in the home, consistent bullying at school, school violence, school shootings, and loneliness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Below are more factors that could make a child develop a phobia of school:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n