Here’s a hypothetical. I have a 13-year-old son who’s been acting out, becoming increasingly aggressive. I find out he’s injuring or killing animals. What do I do? Do I call the police?....Do we have a system with places to actually help these kids?
We did at one time. It was called The Family.
A lot of issues we are now confronted with are consequences of a culture that has discarded biblical and foundational morality for a secular/humanist morality. As a result we have a majority of kids growing up with no father in the home, and we have been indoctrinated to accept and celebrate that.
Children learn their roles and their responsibilities in life from the father - NOT the mother. NOT from school.
In your hypothetical of a wayward 13 year-old, in days of old, if there was no Dad at home, the extended family - such as an uncle or cousin would 'learn him some manners'. If that failed, military academies or other structured learning facilities were optioned. If the child was truly mentally imbalanced and proved to be a danger to himself and others - that was what institutions were for.
But we do not do any of that anymore. Discipline and Punishment is something even parents are unwilling or have been shamed into refraining from. Many parents are totally disconnected from their children, having left the upbringing of them to public schools. No God, no morality, no father in the home - consequences result.
We are just beginning to really reap the fruits we have sown for ourselves as a society.
So here’s a question. Which would be better, a school with metal detectors and two armed security guards, or a school that permits concealed carry?
How about a school that opens with prayer, teaches rules of morality from the bible and has a staff of armed teachers with proficiency skills and a big fat sign out front to announce the fact that their staff is armed and is trained to shoot to kill anyone who poses a threat to their charges?
That way you address where our actual safety and security comes from, you train up a child in the way they should go - and you have the ability to deal with the consequences of a society that has produced mass murdering cretins without a shred of understanding of right or wrong.