Four children strangled in three school weeks – by the same vicious child – sounds like news headlines doesn’t it? But this is something that you’re not going to hear in the media because these children are in primary school and therefore the psychotic behaviour of the perpetrators is excused.

I wasn’t going to write about this, but today, after being silenced by another school mother, I feel the need to share it publicly.

On the 31st of July, my son was playing handball with his friends when a coward approached him from behind and strangled him.

My son was just one out of the four children who have, week after week, undergone physical assault by the same menace.

Two of whom had to be rushed to hospital!

After the incident, I wanted more information about what could possibly be triggering this maniacal little creature to be bringing such harm to other children.

So I posted in the schools parents group asking if anyone had further information about whether there might be some sort of mental health or disability at play which could be contributing to the violent behaviour of this menace.

I thought that perhaps a ball could be responsible for triggering him to lash out – in which case parents and children need to know so that we are able to understand the situation and keep everyone safe.

A majority of the parent’s reactions was that they knew that this was going on, that the behaviour didn’t have any other contributing factors – and after speaking to the school principal he confirmed that there was nothing else at play.

In fact, the principal let me know that this boy was just being dared by another child to strangle children on the playground at random. Both were seeking some kind of sick enjoyment out of it.

After learning that there was nothing other than a nasty and incredibly sick personality behind these barbaric attacks, and from seeing the concern from parents within the group I chose to disclose the names of the boys involved in the incidents.

Wouldn’t you want to know?  If there was someone that you needed to prepare your child to be around so that they didn’t get strangled – wouldn’t you want to know who they were so that you could keep your child safe? Or for better phrasing – so that your child can keep themselves safe considering that the school has allowed this behaviour to extend across four children’s lives without putting a stop to it.

A week later, I received a private message from the owner of the school parents group informing me that she would need to switch off the comments on my post as well as delete any comments that she deemed “inappropriate” – it should be noted that absolutely no one swore or was abusive within the thread of my post.

Apparently, a parent had contacted the admin of the group and complained regarding the “sensitive nature” of the topic I had brought up.

And therefore I had to be silenced.

Instead of society recognising a problem and coming together as a community to attempt to figure out a way of addressing the issue at hand – we choose to silence the person bringing up the issue.

Instead of questioning why these aggressive little menaces are acting out and harming other innocent children, rather than holding their parents accountable for the actions of their vicious creatures, we are protecting the ones causing the most amount of harm – and silencing their victims.

To add insult to injury, I was then asked by the admin of the group how I would feel if it was my child being placed in a defamatory light – this is insulting to me because I would actually find it incredibly helpful if someone took the time to do this for me- if my child was going down the wrong path and bringing harm to others, I would truly appreciate someone taking their time to inform me so that I could rectify my child’s behaviour and ensure a brighter future not just for my little one, but for everyone that they encounter in life.

Of course I understand that there are the right channels to follow and that the next course of action would more than likely be to place a complaint in with the Department of Education opposed to simply informing a mothers group that we have a potential threat to all children at school.

The Department Of Education however, just like the school, aren’t going to inform anyone of who they need to be careful around and who they should not turn their backs on – and that’s the important part!

Children have the right to know who they need to be wary of in order to keep themselves safe.

Perhaps if parents cared about the harmful impact their menaces have on society as much as they do the reputation of these little beasts, it would create a far more peaceful and safe environment to go to school in.

The problem isn’t that the victim spoke your child’s name – the problem is that your child finds it amusing to watch others being strangled by their own hands.

Your child’s criminal behaviour is what defamed them and absolutely nothing else!