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Another school shooting - when does it stop?
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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 36633" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Kjs and all, our kids do lock-downs, too. Ironically, my difficult child just interviewed one of my sisters for a family tree project. One of the questions was of her most vivid school memory--it was hiding under the desks during a bomb drill. Back then it was the U.S. vs Russia. She thought that would get his attention and was shocked that he was so lackadaisical about it.</p><p>Turned out that when I spoke with-him and easy child, they both said they practice that sort of thing frequently, both for terrorist threats and gun threats (aka Va Tech). </p><p>It's a whole new world.</p><p>Yes, we told difficult child. He was going to hear about it on the news anyway so this way I could put in my 2 cents worth. :smile:</p><p>Mostly he asked questions, like was it a student, how old was he, why did he do it? (The 6 million dollar question!) difficult child is very law-abiding and we're not at all worried about this sort of thing in the future. Most of his anger is directed at me, and he has already learned that there are certain things you don't do in public... even tear up phonebooks or throw toy cars. There are appropriate ways to express anger.</p><p>And that's part of what this shooting thing is all about. In a strange way, writing a very disturbing screenplay was appropriate. Following it to a real life enactment was bizarre. It's something that even professionals have a hard time dealing with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 36633, member: 3419"] Kjs and all, our kids do lock-downs, too. Ironically, my difficult child just interviewed one of my sisters for a family tree project. One of the questions was of her most vivid school memory--it was hiding under the desks during a bomb drill. Back then it was the U.S. vs Russia. She thought that would get his attention and was shocked that he was so lackadaisical about it. Turned out that when I spoke with-him and easy child, they both said they practice that sort of thing frequently, both for terrorist threats and gun threats (aka Va Tech). It's a whole new world. Yes, we told difficult child. He was going to hear about it on the news anyway so this way I could put in my 2 cents worth. [img]:smile:[/img] Mostly he asked questions, like was it a student, how old was he, why did he do it? (The 6 million dollar question!) difficult child is very law-abiding and we're not at all worried about this sort of thing in the future. Most of his anger is directed at me, and he has already learned that there are certain things you don't do in public... even tear up phonebooks or throw toy cars. There are appropriate ways to express anger. And that's part of what this shooting thing is all about. In a strange way, writing a very disturbing screenplay was appropriate. Following it to a real life enactment was bizarre. It's something that even professionals have a hard time dealing with. [/QUOTE]
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