1SWMom wrote:I have discussed “pop-pop-pop” with my daughter since she was almost 3.
That if she hears loud noises and screams or a stranger to run and hide in a cabinet or a bathroom with her feet up on the toilet. And to close her eyes and cover her mouth and not come out until the police come.
I have told her not to worry about her stuff or her friends, that everyone will hide alone and be ok and she will see them after.
I have told her to lay on the floor and play dead.
This is the reality of the world we live in I have to prepare her.

You are preparing her to die and to put other people at risk. You need to teach her to stay close to her teacher and follow the teacher’s directions.

1SWMom wrote:I have discussed “pop-pop-pop” with my daughter since she was almost 3.
That if she hears loud noises and screams or a stranger to run and hide in a cabinet or a bathroom with her feet up on the toilet. And to close her eyes and cover her mouth and not come out until the police come.
I have told her not to worry about her stuff or her friends, that everyone will hide alone and be ok and she will see them after.
I have told her to lay on the floor and play dead.
This is the reality of the world we live in I have to prepare her.

Does she practice this, or is it just weird conversation?

"Lockdown drill", "Shelter in Place drill", "Evacuation drill".

Unless they are practicing for melee combat, "active shooter" isn't relevant.

Unfortunately this is our reality.

In schools they typically use the language of bad guy/person and emergency. I think it’s fine to use and fine to participate in. Kids in school based prek3 classes practice intruder drills.

I have discussed “pop-pop-pop” with my daughter since she was almost 3.
That if she hears loud noises and screams or a stranger to run and hide in a cabinet or a bathroom with her feet up on the toilet. And to close her eyes and cover her mouth and not come out until the police come.
I have told her not to worry about her stuff or her friends, that everyone will hide alone and be ok and she will see them after.
I have told her to lay on the floor and play dead.
This is the reality of the world we live in I have to prepare her.

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Anonymous wrote:I have children in a daycare in a federal building that does quarterly active shooter drills. In my situation, the children (4 and under for me) are not told there is a shooter. They just hide around the room and turn the lights off. They also do frequent evacuation drills where they line up and walk down the block. At 3, I would ask what their opinions were of what happened.

The only time my oldest kid had questions is when police were running tactical drills outside their windows with large rifles. But this is very unique to where their daycare is located.

I’d never allow my child to be in a place like this. You need to reexamine your parenting.

DP. Guess what, all parents benefit when parents work for the government, or the military, or some similar organization. Some of them will need day care on site. You seem really self centered and selfish.

Although I don't know that I agree such drills are necessary, I think if you are going to do it presenting it as a game is a terrible idea. Kids who know how to sit and wait quietly in a classroom can also learn to be quiet in a hiding spot without being overly traumatized. Calling it a game just confuses what kind of behavior is expected.

I would call it a "safety practice" or something like that. At our kid's school the safe spaces for shooters and weather were the same (interior closets with doors shut) so the reasons for it were vague and the kids all seemed fine with that.

Anonymous wrote:I have children in a daycare in a federal building that does quarterly active shooter drills. In my situation, the children (4 and under for me) are not told there is a shooter. They just hide around the room and turn the lights off. They also do frequent evacuation drills where they line up and walk down the block. At 3, I would ask what their opinions were of what happened.

The only time my oldest kid had questions is when police were running tactical drills outside their windows with large rifles. But this is very unique to where their daycare is located.

I’d never allow my child to be in a place like this. You need to reexamine your parenting.

Anonymous wrote:I don't think this is appropriate at all for Sunday School.

Why not? So much of the hate in the world right now has to do with religion. My house of worship has an armed guard at every community event, security cameras, and we announce weekly where the emergency exits are.

It's unfortunate but kids DO need to practice hiding quietly or exiting a building quickly.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No advice, but I just want to say that it is beyond sickening that we even need to think about this stuff!

Statistically speaking, you don’t.

They’d save more lives by having the mommies practice driving without texting on their phones.

Take a look at the most recent statistics. More children die from guns now than car crashes.

Not in this age group, and not in any age group from school shootings

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No advice, but I just want to say that it is beyond sickening that we even need to think about this stuff!

Statistically speaking, you don’t.

They’d save more lives by having the mommies practice driving without texting on their phones.

Take a look at the most recent statistics. More children die from guns now than car crashes.

Not from active/mass shooter situations. Not by a long shot.

From gang violence and other targeted crime, mainly. Then self-inflicted accidents.