Recently, an incident in Changsha where middle school girls were repeatedly beaten and bullied has aroused strong repercussions on the Internet. The girl, Liu, was so disturbed that she cut her neck when she was beaten, hoping to arouse the sympathy of the abuser, but she was still beaten for more than two hours.
What's even more infuriating is that the abuser's father actually excused his daughter, claiming that it was just "a play between children", which attracted a lot of scolding from netizens. This incident once again highlights the urgent need to improve the mainland's law on the protection of minors, and the need for family education and school management to pay sufficient attention.
The incident occurred in the early morning of April 16, when Liu, a 14-year-old girl, was beaten again by several classmates in Changsha. This is already the third beating she has suffered. The first time occurred during the summer vacation, and the second time was on March 29, and the parents of the abuser also compensated 8,000 yuan for medical expenses. This time, Liu was beaten for more than two hours.
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According to the video provided by her father, Mr. Liu, the violent girl abused Liu with swear words and punched and kicked her mercilessly. Liu was so frightened that he picked up the glass slag on the ground and cut his throat, hoping to win sympathy and make the abuser stop. However, the beating continued, and the abuser even threatened to stab Liu to death.
After the incident, Liu was sent to the hospital to diagnose that his head, face, neck and wrists were all injured to varying degrees and had to be hospitalized. Mr. Liu called the police, but the abusive girl was released after only 24 hours of detention. A week passed, and the school's response was that it was not happening on campus and had nothing to do with the school.
Mr. Yan, the father of the violent girl, defended on the Internet that it was just "a play between children", which caused netizens to scold angrily. In the eyes of netizens, this is obviously a serious incident of school violence, and the perpetrator should be severely punished.
On the other hand, the victim girl Liu not only suffered physical injuries and mental trauma, but also did not receive effective protection from the school and the public security organs. The perpetrators were protected and defended by their fathers and continued to go unpunished. Such double standards are equally outrageous.
As adults and parents, it is our responsibility to guide children to obey the law and not to instigate them to harm others. Mr. Yan's actions undoubtedly condoned his daughter's violent acts and should be condemned.
The conflict between the two girls should not simply be attributed to "children playing at home". On the contrary, it reflects a more serious problem - violence has quietly infiltrated the lives of some minors, who lack the necessary awareness of the rule of law and moral restraint, and choose violence rather than rational communication in the face of conflict.
The reason for this is that the failure of families and schools to supervise their education is the first factor. Some parents are too busy with work to accompany their children's growth, and are reluctant to entrust school or external agencies with guardianship education. However, schools now only focus on academic performance and ignore moral education.
Teachers are also reluctant or inconvenient to intervene too much in conflicts between students. In this environment, violence has become the preferred way for some children to solve problems without any worries.
Parents and schools must face up to this problem. Parents should spend more time with their children to help them establish correct values and learn to work together with others. Schools should strengthen moral education, cultivate students' compassion and moral character, and establish a good campus culture. Teachers need to intervene decisively when they see signs of violence, and not easily let bullying among students go unpunished.
Sound legal and judicial means are also essential. In response to this case, the police only detained the perpetrator for a short period of time and released him, which undoubtedly encouraged juvenile delinquency. The school is also derelict in its duty to shirk responsibility on the grounds of the place where it occurred. The relevant departments must establish a sound law on the protection of minors, punish all violations of the law, and not allow or lenient punishment of the perpetrators because they are young.
Age is not a pass to crime. Premature correction and stopping such behaviour will help to curb the recurrence of school violence at the root.
The beating of a girl shows that there are still obvious loopholes in the mainland's legal system for family education, school management, and the protection of minors, which need to be further improved.
As adults, parents must face up to the problem and work together to keep their children free from violence, prosper the rule of law, and grow up to be socially beneficial citizens. I hope that all walks of life can learn from this and jointly create a harmonious and beautiful growth environment.