What to do about school shootings, and mass shootings in general? We've always had mentally ill people, and at one time we had even more access to guns, yet these atrocities didn't happen. I don't think anybody, regardless of politics, knows the answer. Something has changed over the past half century, and it seems to have escalated in the last couple of decades. It has something to do with the way children are raised, treated, mistreated, spoiled, neglected, indoctrinated, or something. There are a lot of deeply disturbed teenagers today. It's terribly frustrating and heartbreaking to know we're just waiting for the next incident and can't do a damned thing about it.
Leftist teachers unions and too many leftist administrators and teachers are indoctrinating kids into their toxic ideology as good teachers and other school personnel are understandably afraid to speak out for fear of being cancelled. Parents expressing concerns about the schools at school board meetings are labeled "terrorists" by administration officials. Home schooling is often the best option but it is a major time commitment and not possible for some parents. At minimum, parents should pray for their kids and talk to their kids. If Mommy and Daddy are telling their children the truth at home, the lies too often heard at school will be less effective.
Right again. I am just reading about how police tasered parents trying to get into the Uvalde school while police stood around doing nothing. I find that almost more disturbing than the shootings themselves. I really think that the decimation of the family as an institution (circa. 1970) had the effect of a great abandonment of children that is reaching it’s nadir today. It’s like everyone but parents has lost the instinct to protect children, and instead replaced it with the instinct to control. That’s true of parents too to some extent, but I think that for most normal people the reality of family life can be a powerful antidote to that sort of thinking.
What to do about school shootings, and mass shootings in general? We've always had mentally ill people, and at one time we had even more access to guns, yet these atrocities didn't happen. I don't think anybody, regardless of politics, knows the answer. Something has changed over the past half century, and it seems to have escalated in the last couple of decades. It has something to do with the way children are raised, treated, mistreated, spoiled, neglected, indoctrinated, or something. There are a lot of deeply disturbed teenagers today. It's terribly frustrating and heartbreaking to know we're just waiting for the next incident and can't do a damned thing about it.
Leftist teachers unions and too many leftist administrators and teachers are indoctrinating kids into their toxic ideology as good teachers and other school personnel are understandably afraid to speak out for fear of being cancelled. Parents expressing concerns about the schools at school board meetings are labeled "terrorists" by administration officials. Home schooling is often the best option but it is a major time commitment and not possible for some parents. At minimum, parents should pray for their kids and talk to their kids. If Mommy and Daddy are telling their children the truth at home, the lies too often heard at school will be less effective.
Right again. I am just reading about how police tasered parents trying to get into the Uvalde school while police stood around doing nothing. I find that almost more disturbing than the shootings themselves. I really think that the decimation of the family as an institution (circa. 1970) had the effect of a great abandonment of children that is reaching it’s nadir today. It’s like everyone but parents has lost the instinct to protect children, and instead replaced it with the instinct to control. That’s true of parents too to some extent, but I think that for most normal people the reality of family life can be a powerful antidote to that sort of thinking.
I hadn't thought about the subject, but you've made excellent observations that have convinced me.