Quote Originally Posted by no1abbafan View Post
I work in a school with 4-5 year olds and what frightens me most is they are so violent even when playing, it's power rangers this and that, and they kick and punch each other, not realising it hurts, they see it as normal play, I think if they can do this at that age, they will have no concept of hurting another human being when they are older.
I completely agree with you there. My four year old niece started kicking and punching shorting after watching Power Rangers. When her parents stopped her watching it, the kicking stopped.

I'm interested to know whether the kids intended to assault the victims or whether the heat of the moment over took them i.e. was it premeditated. It's a whole different ball game if the kids deliberately set out to cause serious injury and possibly death.