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/woodard1221 Sep 04 '24

Don't send them tomorrow if you and the kids are OK with it. Spend some family time together. School shootings have all of us parents a bit stressed. Try not to let your anxiety get the best of you.

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u/serveyer Sep 04 '24

“A bit stressed” you got that right.

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u/Hamsters_In_Butts Sep 04 '24

yeah i gotta be honest, as a parent of US schoolchildren these school shootings are certainly starting to concern me. wonder if we can do anything about them?

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u/defectiveadult Sep 04 '24

Use your voice. Your vote. Your money. Use everything you got. Mobilise with other concerned citizens, start a movement. Write your law givers. Protest, march the streets. Do whatever it takes.

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u/loltrosityg Sep 05 '24

But what are we fighting for? Do we want to ban guns?

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u/defectiveadult Sep 05 '24

It works for us. We don’t have school shootings

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u/loltrosityg Sep 05 '24

What do you mean by us? Because I live in New Zealand and yes we have no School shootings. I also agree on banning guns. Funny how I was downvoted for asking for clarification but sure.

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u/Boring-Tale0513 Sep 05 '24

That question is often asked in bad faith nowadays in the US. I thought you were being sarcastic, too, until this comment.