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NEWS: Tennessee Mother: Boy Wrote Daughter's Name in 'Death Note'

Doesn't matter if it's a "Death Note", a magic wand, plastic guns or whatever, the toy doesn't matter, what is disturbing is the fact that kids at young ages seemingly have no concept on the value of life and are already thinking of taking other peoples' lives for their own selfish reasons.

It's really sad that a majority of the cases deal with elementary and middle schoolers. I understand that everyone has their own rules as to what their children can watch, which is becoming increasingly harder now that many kids have access to the internet on tablets, phones, and game consoles, but Death Note is clearly not a show for young children.

In my humble opinion, if a parent wants to let their children watch something that may not have been created for children, at least explain to children what your standards are and what is not okay in your household (I understand everyone has different rules) and in this case, that it is not okay to create a "death note" whether in playing or not.

Clearly kids didn't understand from watching the show the importance of Light keeping his actions with the Death Note secret.

Point being, we see these headlines so frequently ANN should just have a periodic "Kid writes classmate's name in 'Death Note'" column. Though it probably would have been a lot bigger ~10 years ago.

People of all ages have been doing this for centuries in one way or another. It seems the death note method is the latest version. There's also drawing a picture of someone and setting it on fire, imagining a baseball is somebody's face, or making a voodoo doll and sticking pins all over it. One way or another, the action is just an indicator that the person performing it is under stress and is directing it at a particular person or their proxy - or that is how I see it anyway. This particular case also includes direct harassment, which is terrible. Is there a difference though between writing someone's name in a secret, make-believe death note and secretly doing the other things I mentioned? (Just food for thought.) I'm just happy that I never held anyone in such contempt that I felt the need to do something like that.

Ugh, why is it that in these situations, people are so quick to blame some outside cause and ignore reality. The boy may have been inspired by Death Note, but that's merely his present fascination, an outlet for his antisocial behavior. This is clearly a troubled child who should speak with a professional. I'm sure it's not easy for parents to accept that their child has issues. But ignoring the truth right in front of them will only lead to further incidents down the line.

I remember when I was little I was taught the difference between fiction and non-fiction; I knew that everything on the TV that wasn't news was fake and not real; that it was just a thing to enjoy. Result of that I could watch pretty much anything I wanted.

I think they are being way too soft on the little shit harassing the girl.
He should spend a night or two in jail or juvy. Instead of this bullshit short term suspension.
As if the kid gives a crap about missing school. But I'm pretty sure if he has to spend a night sleeping on cold concrete he's gonna be sorry for being such a prick.
Or put him in one of those scared straight programs.


Yes it's a harsh punishment. But death threats should not be tolerated. Kids and parents need to understand that there are serious consequences to serious offences.