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gollygee

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6. That's true, although

Sat Jun 2, 2018, 09:00 AM

Jun 2018

I wonder whether the fact that every kid knows other kids have actually been shot at schools, and it isn't just an occasional thing anymore, makes it scarier for them. A nuclear bomb is huge and scary but it's never happened in the US before. Kids aren't hearing about it happening over and over again at schools that could have been their schools.

I don't know. I'm too young for those drills and too old to have been afraid of school shooters. We just had tornado drills.

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What Are Active-Shooter Drills Doing to Kids? [View all] gollygee Jun 2018 OP

My experience. no_hypocrisy Jun 2018 #1

I used to substitute gollygee Jun 2018 #8

Double edged sword Rorey Jun 2018 #2

we had atom bomb drills in school.....crawl under desk hands, over head......yeah right... samnsara Jun 2018 #3

I was going to mention this... Hugin Jun 2018 #4

They should have added a flexibility exercise. Blue_true Jun 2018 #5

That's true, although gollygee Jun 2018 #6

I was a bit shaken to learn that treestar Jun 2018 #11

I remember those well Betty88 Jun 2018 #13

My elementary aged daughter had a drill last week gollygee Jun 2018 #7

Twisted logic TimeSnowDemos Jun 2018 #9

Since it is known to be a drill, deal with why the child is that affected treestar Jun 2018 #10

They kids don't necessarily know during the drill that it's a drill gollygee Jun 2018 #14

Being a student. Snackshack Jun 2018 #12

That was dumb treestar Jun 2018 #16

With Over 100,000 Americans Being Shot Every Year, We are Creating a Traumatized Nation dlk Jun 2018 #15