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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like your daughter potentially is dealing with anxiety. Her reaction and fear response is out of proportion to the perceived threat.

I would have her assessed for anxiety for sure. [/quote]

Do you have kids in MS or HS right now? They are ALL keenly aware of every school shooting and of threats made by students at their own schools. Yes, they do realize the statistics are slim that anything will happen to them personally, but statistics don't matter when your gut reminds you that someone who talked up rape and murder is suddenly in the room.

My DD's current HS just dealt with a kid who made a social media threat involving taking a gun to school, and her former MS has had threats by students. All this in an academically strong, well-regarded school system with plenty of mental health help, anti-bullying campaigns etc. Kids still are much more concerned about violence than we ever were. That's not "overreacting" and "get treated for anxiety" territory--it's student life in 2018. That's terrible and sad but it is very real.

The OP's daughter's reaction was not excessive at all. She turned to the oldest person around her for advice. She got reamed by an adult who should have known not to have the girl there in the first place and should have known not to address a student like that and make her own daughter's bad situation worse. Of course OP's DD was upset. Leaping to "get her tested for anxiety" is DCUM-talk, where every fearful reaction in a kid is pathologized and made to seem unreasonable.[/quote]

Yeah ... you need to calm down.  Larla's status at the school is not something you know about, other than gossip, and she was there with her MOTHER.  OP and her daughter's reactions were totally disproportionate.  [/quote]

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