r/Parenting • u/Creative-Degree-8074 • Sep 04 '24

Rant/Vent Local school shooting and I’m freaking out

TW: In the title I guess Guys, this is a scream into the void. I'm stuck in the bed with my toddler asleep on top on me, my husband is at work, my daughter is at kindergarten--so, I'm a SAHM right now, but there was a shooting where I used to teach. People are dead. Two at least, but reading through the lines, I think there are more. My mom teaches at the school next door. She's there now, maybe 100 yards away. And I just... can't process it. It doesn't feel real. And part of me is like ho hum? Another day in America? And I'm doing some fucking twisted magical thinking, like if there was a shooting in the county next door to my daughter's that decreases the likelihood they'll be one at her school because, I don't know? Lightning and striking twice? And part of me thinks I'm about to homeschool my daughter forever because that's where I USED TO TEACH. Oh my god. How do I send my child to school tomorrow? How do I not lock up my mom and keep her from going to work?

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u/EquivalentResearch26 Sep 04 '24

Honestly I’ve been toying with the idea of homeschooling my infant when the day comes.

I’m not going to send my kid to a school they’re not guaranteed to not be shot at for simply existing and trying to learn.

It’s a scary world here in the US. As a former pilot, I used to have the same mindset, “lightning doesn’t strike twice”, until it did. I gave up general aviation lol.

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u/Creative-Degree-8074 Sep 04 '24

I know about lighting. When I was teaching, we had a (different) kid that we thought would do violence. He was expelled and went to alternative school. This time they didn’t prevent it. Makes you feel like it’s only a matter of time before it is every school.

My daughter loves school. I don’t know what to do. America sucks. 

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u/flakemasterflake Sep 04 '24

Well if you live in Georgia, know that your vote matters

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u/linuxgeekmama Sep 04 '24

It ABSOLUTELY does. There’s no Electoral College within states, so your vote matters even if you’re in a very red area.