I'm so sorry you have to continuously relive your trauma. Replying from Australia, where I had a visceral reaction to the text messages shared between a mother and son during the shooting you speak of. Yesterday my almost 15 year old texted me from school that "something was happening" and they couldn't leave their classroom but he seemed relaxed. It turned out a girl had had a seizure and they were keeping students in their rooms until an ambulance arrived and could tend to the girl. While a school shooting could happen here, it would be extremely rare. I can't imagine living with that possibility each day. I can't imagine receiving a text from my child saying there was a shooter and that they were scared. It breaks my heart.
I can’t imagine being a parent in America. Whether it’s on the streets or in the schools, it shocks the conscience- or it ought to but so many of us are excruciatingly numb. But how have we managed to protect airports and not schools? Children are barely equipped to read anymore, nonetheless cope with this type of trauma.
I'm so sorry you have to continuously relive your trauma. Replying from Australia, where I had a visceral reaction to the text messages shared between a mother and son during the shooting you speak of. Yesterday my almost 15 year old texted me from school that "something was happening" and they couldn't leave their classroom but he seemed relaxed. It turned out a girl had had a seizure and they were keeping students in their rooms until an ambulance arrived and could tend to the girl. While a school shooting could happen here, it would be extremely rare. I can't imagine living with that possibility each day. I can't imagine receiving a text from my child saying there was a shooter and that they were scared. It breaks my heart.
I can’t imagine being a parent in America. Whether it’s on the streets or in the schools, it shocks the conscience- or it ought to but so many of us are excruciatingly numb. But how have we managed to protect airports and not schools? Children are barely equipped to read anymore, nonetheless cope with this type of trauma.