Interesting Article

Shannon526

I haven't really been on here much this weekend, the events in CT have really hit me hard, so I've been trying to stay away from the internet and news altogether.

I decided to log on to FB today, and a friend had posted this article from a blog (I don't know the person who wrote the blog article). It really put things into perspective, about what we should really be focusing on. Helping kids with mental illnesses instead of blaming guns and school safety.

https://anarchistsoccermom.blogspot.com/2012/12/thinking-unthinkable.html

This will probably be the only article I read about the shooting. I still feel like I'm going to throw up over the whole thing. My sincere thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who was affected by this horrible tragedy.

pistolannie

This was a great article! I am losing my job in the next week or 2 and I am a therapist that works with children exactly like this. Our federal funding got cut by 3.3 million dollars and dozens of therapists are now unable to treat these children no one else will touch because we can't get our programs funded. It's pathetic and scary!!!

stardust317

My dH works at a school for kids with emotional and behavioral disturbances. I found this article really interesting. I forwarded it to him.

vitan

You are not the only one that has shut down for the weekend. The online community everywhere has exhibited some kind of silence. I, too, have stayed away from the news and what not but then thought maybe that's not justice for the parents that lost. I'm sure they want everyone to know that their children lived. In due time, the news will be on and the stories will be read but it's still much too raw.
This article was a bit of salt on the wound but right on. This isn't about guns, let's not go there. My heart breaks for the mother as well. With this tragedy, everyone has lost. I continue to pray and keep these families in my thoughts.

LCass

Woodsie:

Guns don't kill people; people kill people.

I was actually just coming on here to share the same article.  It's fascinating and important to get this mother's perspective, as Woodsie said.  And there is no doubt that mental health is a huge issue that needs to be addressed.  It is terrible that it took a tragedy like this to get some attention on that need, but I hope that the powers-that-be don't let this opportunity go without making some real changes.

That being said, I'm getting very frustrated by the fact that so many want to avoid the gun issue and seem to think that we can make this only about mental health instead.  Both issues have played a role in the tragedy that took place.   A FB friend posted this the other day: "In a terrible coincidence, earlier today a man in China stabbed 22 children and 1 adult at a school. Zero fatalities. Yes, people kill people, but they do it much more effectively with guns."  It's still a horrible, traumatizing event that took place in China, but look at the vastly different outcome despite the similarities (number attacked, in a school, etc.).