| The school shooting in Michigan did me in, again. It wasn't unexpected, I guess, but it's always horrific. That feeling of "Oh, here we go again," prompted me to write this piece about what school shootings have done to us, to our kids, to our parenting. No, our children may not have been caught in the crossfire or been hiding from a shooter in a classroom, but even so, they are traumatized. A friend of mine mentioned that just a couple weeks ago, his daughter said she was nervous about a potential school shooting. He responded by telling her he wouldn't send her to school if he didn't think it was safe. "Yeah, but dad, that's what parents said to kids at the schools where they had a shooting, too." He didn't have an answer for that, and frankly, none of us do. How did we get here? The fact that we are, is so utterly absurd. And so with that, I'll leave you with this conversation with author, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and generally wise man, Jason Reynolds. Our kids' innate abilities to be sensitive and empathetic are to be celebrated. Have a good weekend, all. |
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