After all three of these shootings in the past week I really wonder if school is a safe place for my child now. Is this wrong or do I have reason to be a little cautious?
2006-10-03 00:33:59 · 23 answers · asked by barbara_taylor17 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Grade-Schooler
Trust me, all of us parents worry after hearing something so tragic. The odds of it happening to one of our children is very slim. I guess that is why we worry though because we shouldn't even have an odd of something like that happening. We can not teach our kids to live in fear though. It strips them of their innocence. We can't allow them to see the fear that we have either. Mommy's aren't scared of anything, that's what they think in their little minds. All you can do is pray each morning when your child leaves. Pray that God will protect them and put a shield of protection around them. As parents we will worry for the rest of our lives. Even when they are adults, we will still worry about them and want to protect them. Try not to worry! Hope this was somewhat helpful.
2006-10-03 01:34:27 · answer #1 · answered by Kim M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take a look at where these shootings are taking place! It's okay to be worried...hell...I worry EVERY time he gets on the bus and leaves me for the day...* he's in kindergarten and is 5
Most schools have the locked entrances and you must be buzzed in to even get through the doors...alot of these shootings are done by copy cats...Don't let you 5 yr old know you're scared...it's hard enough today NOT having your children afraid to do new things...Having a parent being paranoid...is TOO much and the child will become neurotic...let him/her be enjoying school NOT afraid of it..
2006-10-03 06:28:44 · answer #2 · answered by just me 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't be over-protective of your child or else you will become so possessive that you will not let them grow up normally. And one thing will carry on to the next and before you know it, they will be adults in their 20s and you still smother them in cotton-wool. They will then be too scared to lead independent lives, or you will find they will rebel against you in the most heart-wrenching ways. By all means, be cautious..but perhaps think about all the schools that get on everyday without any shooting. Look on the positive, not the negative.
2006-10-03 00:42:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is perfectly normal for a mom not to want to send her 5yo child to school even in a perfect world. But the way things are these days we really do have something to worry about! My family has been trying to talk me into homeschooling my son since I was pg with him. He doesn't start school for about 4 more years. I wonder how many more school shootings there will be by then?
2006-10-03 00:55:26 · answer #4 · answered by Michelle *The Truth Hurts 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not wrong to be scared.
It is wrong not to send your kid to school.
It is wrong not to work towards relieving you fears. Meet with your principal and go over security procedures with them. You may be pleasantly surprised or you may see glaring problems. If there are problems address them with your principal and if no action is taken, go to the school board. All the problems of the past weeks bring attention to the situation. I have worked in schools where each student is met at the door by a staff member. I worked at one High School where a person could not get within 100 feet of the building without a school ID, if you had business there you were escorted into the building by an armed guard. This was at a public high school in an upscale neighborhood where parents like yourself were concerned enough to demand that the school board allow their children to learn in a safe environment.
It is apathy by parents, teachers, and administrators that allow things like this to happen (as one teacher pointed out.... its easier to bring a gun into a school then it is to bring a gun into a pro-football game, so we know who society deems more important).
2006-10-03 05:16:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-18 09:59:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you are not wrong!! Any good parent would be cautious and concerned about their child's well-being. Ya know, the main worry of sending children to school used to be the flu...now it's whether or not they are going to be subjected to extreme violence by their peers and even adults. You have every reason to be concerned!!!!
2006-10-03 00:46:14 · answer #7 · answered by purplepiggy13 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No its not wrong to be concerned about your child where ever they might be, but part of you really don't want to expose the child to any outside source's, and that's very normal. When my first went to school i sat in the school yard all day for a week. I had a bigger problem then she did with the separation.
2006-10-03 00:42:16 · answer #8 · answered by Granny 1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not WRONG to have any emotion. It's how you deal with your emotions that count. I don't think there is a parent in the world who isn't concerned about his or her child's safety. But we can't make them scared to live in this world, either. We have to teach them to be as safe as possible, pray, and stay as positive as we can for their sakes. I don't want my daughter to be a nervous wreck because of the many dangers in the world everywhere, not just at school.
2006-10-03 03:31:20 · answer #9 · answered by curious 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's all rather scary, but life can be scary. All a part of being a mother. Might help to talk to the people in charge at your child's school to find out what plans they have in place and what they are doing now to safeguard the students.
2006-10-03 00:37:13 · answer #10 · answered by auld mom 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋