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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 400863" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Pam - You are not alone. I had only been a member for a couple of months when Columbine happened, but I recall the board really coming together as a group at that time with a collective "There but for the grace." I know I certainly felt that thank you was capable of such an act, and continued to feel that way for many years afterwards. I don't anymore - not sure what to attribute my confidence in his safety to - treatment or time and maturity, or a combination of both, but my worst nightmare of him flipping out in the local 7-11 because they didn't have his favorite flavor of gum is no longer something I worry about.</p><p></p><p>Thinking back over the years, I cannot recall a single family on the board who had a child who acted out as violently as the young man in Arizona. I don't know if it's luck or if it is because families were alert and advocating for their kids (I like to think it's the latter). Certainly, there have been a few kids who have had scrapes with the law and a few who have caused injury to people outside the family (my own son included), but nothing even approaching the scale of Arizona or Columbine.</p><p></p><p>Maybe forewarned is forearmed. I think the other thing to remember is that compared to the number of people who struggle with severe mental illness, the number who really completely lose it and commit such horrific acts is quite minuscule.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 400863, member: 8"] Pam - You are not alone. I had only been a member for a couple of months when Columbine happened, but I recall the board really coming together as a group at that time with a collective "There but for the grace." I know I certainly felt that thank you was capable of such an act, and continued to feel that way for many years afterwards. I don't anymore - not sure what to attribute my confidence in his safety to - treatment or time and maturity, or a combination of both, but my worst nightmare of him flipping out in the local 7-11 because they didn't have his favorite flavor of gum is no longer something I worry about. Thinking back over the years, I cannot recall a single family on the board who had a child who acted out as violently as the young man in Arizona. I don't know if it's luck or if it is because families were alert and advocating for their kids (I like to think it's the latter). Certainly, there have been a few kids who have had scrapes with the law and a few who have caused injury to people outside the family (my own son included), but nothing even approaching the scale of Arizona or Columbine. Maybe forewarned is forearmed. I think the other thing to remember is that compared to the number of people who struggle with severe mental illness, the number who really completely lose it and commit such horrific acts is quite minuscule. [/QUOTE]
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