The eight-year-old boy accused of running a razor blade across a peer's neck at Stephen Road Primary School in Lotus River may have been influenced by his environment, a psychologist said.
CAPE TOWN - Educational psychologist Dr Carmelita Jacobs says the consequences of bad behaviour among young pupils should not only be punitive, but also restorative.
Jacobs said while she was not familiar with the case, children were sometimes influenced by their environment.
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