But a young man said it was not right to blame parents because they see so little of their children.

CNN: Town meeting looks at lessons from Littleton

"I know that nine little children did not walk through a schoolhouse door in Little Rock so that we could stand by and let our children drop out of school and turn to gangs for the support they are not getting elsewhere, " he said accusingly.

BBC: Racial politics in the White House

Mr. STEWART: The sheriff's department comes to the door - and Allen had been with us for just a little while, a couple of months - so the house had children's art all over the walls, toys everywhere.

NPR: Gay Adoption of Black Children Raises Concerns

We believe that in a country where every race and faith and point of view can be found, we are still bound together as one people, that we share common hopes and a common creed, that the dreams of a little girl in Tucson are not so different than those of our own children, that they all deserve the chance to be fulfilled.

CNN: Transcript: Obama's State of the Union speech

Word had got out among the press that "Twinkle twinkle little star" was Madiba's favorite nursery rhyme, so, of course, all the children sang it for him.

CNN: Flirting and freak outs of reporting Mandela

The children were a little young to know the difference between a question and a statement, so when the floor was opened for questions, it became a little awkward.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

So our hearts are broken today -- for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children, and for the families of the adults who were lost.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Makes a Statement on the Shooting in Newtown, Connecticut | The White House

However, in Norfolk a little over half of secondary school age children and only 63% of primary school children currently do so.

BBC: Norfolk's under-performing schools prompt inspections