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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Equate missing days of school to go to an amusement park with missing less than an hour to participate in an historic protest?

Okay then.[/quote]

:lol:

sophisticated reasoning not a strength for some of these posters . . .[/quote]

A walk out in support of safer schools.  Compared to mouse ears.

Is it any wonder these kids don't think their concerns are being heard?[/quote]

Disney has security, many schools do not.  So, Disney is safer, in theory.

Its easy to just blame gun laws.  Everyone keeps focusing on gun laws.  Over the years we have had a big shift in deinstitutionalization for mental health but we hadn't done a lot with increasing outpatient services.  Its near impossible to get a good psychiatrist who will accept insurance.  Parents don't monitor what their kids are doing.  How are these minors (who aren't going hunting with their parents) getting guns?  If someone wants a gun, they will get one (I support stricter gun laws but don't think that is the primary issue).  We have parents who allow their kids to be free range at 4-5-6 and then we wonder why they are acting up?  Sure, some kids self-regulate and behave and others don't.  But, as parents when you choose to have a child, you make a commitment to parent them (which means to the poster wanting to leave their 4 and 7 year old home alone to take a run, you should hire a babysitter).  People have always been selfish, but in today's culture where kids have access to social media, easy access to drugs, guns (primarily as kids/families often have more disposable income) and alcohol, we need to keep track of where they are, who they are with and what they are doing.  Schools need to do a better job with taking interest in all kids, especially those who get ok grades and aren't known for sports or stand out so if they need help they would be comfortable reaching out.  Our high schools are so big with huge class sizes, its impossible for teachers to get to know individual students and many kids fly under the radar.  We need to get more support for kids when they are younger.  Instead of school systems fighting parents on private sn schools - help pay (we spend a fortune fighting parents with attorneys vs. paying), and provide the basics of speech, ot, and PT to what the child actual needs vs. in a huge group setting where no kid really gets help.  Provide easy access to real mental health services in the schools.  Provide access to medical, dental and vision care to those who need it in the schools.

Seriously, these protests - the last one congress was not in session nor was anyone even probably on the hill.  Sure, it looks and sounds good but gun control is just the tip of what needs to be done.  Instead as parents we are ignoring the broader societal issues.  If it was important to you your child participate, you take the day off work or what you were doing, sign your kid out and go to the protest with them.   I find it interesting no parents seem to participate as it clearly wasn't important enough to them to take the day off to support their kids.  Again, this goes back to lack of supervision, especially with the younger ones.[/quote]

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