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Yesterday a boy took 23 students and a teacher hostage in a neighboring school for roughly 6 hours. It ended with the boy taking his own life.
I am at a loss. My youngest son goes to that school several times a week for extra-cirricular activities (which are all put on hold of course). Both boys are friends with several kids there. There is a lot of speculation at this point. His parents are not forthcoming with information which I can understand.
Today another neighboring school was evacuated because someone called in a threat (most likely a prank).
None of this makes any sense. I'm not sure how to discuss this with my kids in a positive way. Is there a postive way to discuss this? Someone failed this boy somewhere. There is a great deal of speculation that this was related to bullying. He was a good student, well mannered, good grades, by all accounts a nice boy. There but by the Grace of God...
It really scares me. I didn't have the TV on, so I had no idea that anything was going on until my daughter called. Right before my phone rang I was having a conversation with my youngest son. He had a bad day and I was asking him to talk about it. He had made the comment "you wouldn't understand mom, its a teen thing" (only partically tongue in cheek). As the phone rang I was saying "I wasn't born a middle aged woman, the fashions change but the problems are the same."
The problems are different! I never had to worry about a schoolmate bringing two handguns to school and threatening to kill people. I just don't know how to deal with this situation.
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I've been married for 24 years and have four wonderful children.
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