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The discussion challenges single-cause explanations and links outcomes to gaps in emotional education, limited emotional regulation and conflict-resolution practice, and uneven access to mental health support. It also highlights family and societal pressures, including digital distractions and social media effects on adolescent wellbeing. The piece calls for a national conversation and coordinated action across schools, parents, and government to define success as emotional wellbeing alongside academic excellence.","THE stabbing of a 15-year-oldstudent at a secondary school inBanting,Selangor recently hasonce again drawn attention tothe fact that violence in ourschools can no longer be dis-missed as an anomaly eventhough it remains relativelyuncommon.  \nLess than a year earlier,anoth-er secondary school in Selangorwas the scene of an even morehorrific tragedy when a teenagestudent was fatally stabbed by afellow student.  \nThe immediate reaction is toask what is happening to ouryouths,and many may blame theeducation system.Others wouldpoint fingers at parents or blamesocial media for poisoning youngminds.The truth is that all thesefactors interact with one another.  \nOur education system contin-ues to prioritise academicachievement over emotionaldevelopment.Students spendyears preparing for examina-tions but comparatively littletime learning emotional regula-tion,conflict resolution,resil-ience or healthy communication.  \nMental health education isoften treated as an occasionalprogramme rather than a corelife skill.  \nHowever,it would be unfair toplace the entire burden on theschool system.Parents remainthe first educators of children.Increasingly,many Malaysianfamilies are raising children inenvironments marked by eco-nomic uncertainty,long workinghours and digital distractions.  \n# When schools\n\n## become crime scenes78  32g\n\n### In dual-income households,\n\nquality interaction between par-ents and adolescents may be lim-  \nited.Some children grow up with  \nevery material comfort but little  \nemotional guidance.Others expe-  \nrience neglect,excessive control,  \nfamily conflict or unrealistic  \nexpectations.  \nEmotional needs that go unmetduring childhood rarely disap-pear;they often resurface laterthrough aggression,withdrawalor self-destructive behaviour.  \nEqually significant is the digitalenvironment in which today'steenagers are growing up.Internationa research increas-ingly suggests that excessivesocial media use is associatedwith higher rates of anxiety,depression and emotional dys-regulation among adolescents,although the relationship is com-plex.  \nThe psychological well-being ofMalaysian youths deserves fargreater attention than it current-ly receives.The question shouldnot simply be why a teenagerbecame violent but rather whatcircumstances allowed a youngperson to reach a psychologicalstate where violence appeared tobe an acceptable solution.  \nCountries such as Finland andNorway have invested heavily incomprehensive well-being pro-grammes for students,schoolpsychologists and early interven-tion systems.Their educationalphilosophies recognise that aca-demic success cannot be separat-ed from emotional health.  \nMeanwhile,countries such asJapan and South Korea continueto struggle with intense academicpressure,youth anxiety andsocial isolation despite possessingsome of the world's highest-per-forming education systems.  \nMalaysia stands somewhere inbetween.We are not experienc-ing the scale of school violenceseen elsewhere,but complacencywould be dangerous.  \nThe broader concern extendsbeyond schools.Today's adoles-cents will become tomorrow'sparents,professionals,educatorsand national leaders.If growingnumbers of young Malaysiansstruggle with emotional regula-tion,empathy,resilience andhealthy interpersonal relation-ships now,the consequences willeventually be reflected through-out society in workplaces,fami-lies,communities and public life.  \nUltimately,this is neither solely  \na failure of education nor exclu-sively a failure of parenting.It isa reflection of a society undergo-ing rapid technological,economicand cultural transformationwhile its systems of emotionalsupport have not evolved at thesame pace.  \nSchools cannot raise childrenalone.Parents cannot monitorevery influence.Governmentscannot legislate empathy.Buttogether,they can create envi-ronments where emotionalwell-being is valued as highly asacademic excellence.  \nThe Banting stabbing shouldprompt a national conversationabout how Malaysia defines suc-cess for its youn","cbCaifUfnAUxtL8L","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifUfnAUxtL8L","pdf",311696,1,"English","en",105,"# When schools become crime scenes\n## Emotional development and education priorities\n## Family environment and unmet emotional needs\n## Digital environment and adolescent wellbeing\n## International lessons and Malaysia’s situation\n## Society-wide responsibility and a national conversation","[{\"question\":\"Why does the article say school violence cannot be treated as an anomaly?\",\"answer\":\"It points to multiple recent tragedies and argues that violence reflects deeper, ongoing gaps in emotional support rather than one-off incidents.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the article identify as a key weakness in the education system?\",\"answer\":\"It says schooling 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