I'm seriously considering taking my kids out of public school

[Anonymous]

I was a teacher for ten years. My daughter is a teacher now. My kids are all adults, thank God. I would absolutely not send my children to public school. I would find a good, secular home school group. I understand how privileged I am to be able to do that. My daughter’s children go to school on a military base with a secured gate.

[Anonymous]

I think OP’s attitude is part of the American problem.

We see other people’s children die and we don’t think “those are OUR kids,” we immediately turn to “how do I protect MY kids?” Those kids who died were our kids, they were all our kids. All of the American kids who are suffering, in bad schools, in unsafe homes, in unsafe neighborhoods, those are our kids. And we are failing them.

This is really truly a cultural phenomenon. In other countries people really do have a different attitude when this kind of a tragedy happens. We really need to step back and think about whether the way we think as Americans is even normal or reasonable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have to keep living your life. There will always be another tragedy, illness, war to worry about.

I'm heartbroken for what happened too.

Yes there will always be more tragedies until the pro-gun Republcants are driven from office.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think OP’s attitude is part of the American problem.

We see other people’s children die and we don’t think “those are OUR kids,” we immediately turn to “how do I protect MY kids?” Those kids who died were our kids, they were all our kids. All of the American kids who are suffering, in bad schools, in unsafe homes, in unsafe neighborhoods, those are our kids. And we are failing them.

This is really truly a cultural phenomenon. In other countries people really do have a different attitude when this kind of a tragedy happens. We really need to step back and think about whether the way we think as Americans is even normal or reasonable.

Those kids are our kids, but only in utero.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You have to keep living your life. There will always be another tragedy, illness, war to worry about.

I'm heartbroken for what happened too.

Yes there will always be more tragedies until the pro-gun Republcants are driven from office.

We should all put our children in public schools in Baltimore and DC and. New York and other spots where only Democrats get elected so that they will be safe.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is PP. I mean not much more you can do if you’re not willing to enact gun control.

You start paying attention to the lack of effective mental health services for teen boys from fatherless homes.

Would you STFU about fatherless homes. No evidence it matters.

Name one teen killer who had a present, loving and respectable father at home.

The shooters from Columbine, the shooter of the Sunday school, Virginia Tech shooter. Want me to go on?

Zero evidence that either killer had a present and loving father at home. The mother who wrote a book is an obvious nut job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As scary as this is, I am far more worried about cancer, car accidents and drugs and mental health.

Exactly. Illegal drug abuse is killing over 100,000 Americans a year. Many of them are children. Astounding how there isn’t a peep here about THOSE kids. Why?

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Anonymous wrote:Congrats, OP, for turning this tragedy into being all about you.

Oh STFU. We need to protect our kids.

OP, I’m grateful we can send our daughter to a private school. I know they’re not guaranteed to be safe, but for multiple reasons, it’s less likely there will be a shooting at one of them.

Don’t mean to be harsh but have we forgotten Burke already?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you drive to school? Or spend any time on a road whatsoever?
Way riskier.

I'm sorry you're feeling anxious, op. Maybe getting active might help. For both gun safety and road safety, parents need to mobilize and push for change

Driving is definitely more deadly than gun homicides (DOT, FBI).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Congrats, OP, for turning this tragedy into being all about you.

I don't have kids in school, but every, I mean every parent in my neighborhood has talked about this.

[Anonymous]

So we *are* actually sending our child to a private K-8 next year. But this is an absurd reason for sending private.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As scary as this is, I am far more worried about cancer, car accidents and drugs and mental health.

Exactly. Illegal drug abuse is killing over 100,000 Americans a year. Many of them are children. Astounding how there isn’t a peep here about THOSE kids. Why?

Stop deflecting and stay on topic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do you drive to school? Or spend any time on a road whatsoever?
Way riskier.

I'm sorry you're feeling anxious, op. Maybe getting active might help. For both gun safety and road safety, parents need to mobilize and push for change

Driving is definitely more deadly than gun homicides (DOT, FBI).

Not for kids 1-19, unfortunately: https://theweek.com/school-shootings/1013846/firearms-are-now-the-leading-cause-of-death-for-us-children

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do you drive to school? Or spend any time on a road whatsoever?
Way riskier.

I'm sorry you're feeling anxious, op. Maybe getting active might help. For both gun safety and road safety, parents need to mobilize and push for change

Driving is definitely more deadly than gun homicides (DOT, FBI).

Not for kids 1-19, unfortunately: https://theweek.com/school-shootings/1013846/firearms-are-now-the-leading-cause-of-death-for-us-children

Right but if you aren’t an inner city child (read: not a minority and poor), then you’re still more likely to die in a car. Not saying this is ok (it’s not!), but the average DCUM poster likely should be more concerned about vehicular deaths than cars.

[Anonymous]

No school is safe in America, but private schools are way safer than public.