Parents and School Shootings
Do parents have anything to learn from the senseless killings in Winnenden, Germany?
View ArticleQuandary Considered: Talking With Teenagers (and Their Parents) About Guns
How do we address the fact that some teenagers see guns as an answer to their problems?
View ArticleShooting Reported on First Day of School in Maryland
Reports that one student has been shot, and another arrested, on the first day of classes at Perry Hall High School in Maryland.
View ArticleShould Students Be Trained for School Shootings?
A school safety training program proposes that we raise children who "know how to respond to violence for the rest of their lives."
View ArticleHow Not to Talk With Children About the Newtown Shooting
Sometimes the question isn't just how to talk to your child about tragedy, but how be certain that you're talking with your children for their sake, and not for yours.
View ArticleWorried Thoughts, Brave Thoughts About Newtown
Brave thought: When all hope was lost for two educators in Newtown, Conn., they created hope for the rest of us and left it behind.
View ArticleHow Did Your Children's School Handle the Newtown Shootings?
If your children's school discussed the shootings in Newtown, Conn., are you pleased with the way it was handled, and did it go according to plan?
View ArticleTalking to Other Parents About Guns
There are no guns in this house. There, I said it, and now you know - but how do I ask others the question I just answered?
View ArticleWill You Watch ‘Raising Adam Lanza’ on ‘Frontline’?
What can we gain from watching the "Frontline" episode "Raising Adam Lanza," and is it worth the emotional cost?
View ArticleLockdown: Teaching Students to Hide From Guns, and Hide Their Fears
“Mommy, it’s so hard at school," my daughter whispers. “We’re not even allowed to say the word ‘gun.’ But then they make us think about them.”
View ArticleKnives, Not Guns, at a School Near Pittsburgh
Who would minimize a knife attack in which a single young person was able to injure 20 others with the thought "it could have been a lot worse?" Anyone who has come to expect the verb in the headline...
View ArticleQuandary Considered: Talking With Teenagers (and Their Parents) About Guns
How do we address the fact that some teenagers see guns as an answer to their problems?
View ArticleShooting Reported on First Day of School in Maryland
Reports that one student has been shot, and another arrested, on the first day of classes at Perry Hall High School in Maryland.
View ArticleShould Students Be Trained for School Shootings?
A school safety training program proposes that we raise children who "know how to respond to violence for the rest of their lives."
View ArticleHow Not to Talk With Children About the Newtown Shooting
Sometimes the question isn't just how to talk to your child about tragedy, but how be certain that you're talking with your children for their sake, and not for yours.
View ArticleWorried Thoughts, Brave Thoughts About Newtown
Brave thought: When all hope was lost for two educators in Newtown, Conn., they created hope for the rest of us and left it behind.
View ArticleHow Did Your Children’s School Handle the Newtown Shootings?
If your children's school discussed the shootings in Newtown, Conn., are you pleased with the way it was handled, and did it go according to plan?
View ArticleTalking to Other Parents About Guns
There are no guns in this house. There, I said it, and now you know — but how do I ask others the question I just answered?
View ArticleWill You Watch ‘Raising Adam Lanza’ on ‘Frontline’?
What can we gain from watching the "Frontline" episode "Raising Adam Lanza," and is it worth the emotional cost?
View ArticleLockdown: Teaching Students to Hide From Guns, and Hide Their Fears
“Mommy, it’s so hard at school," my daughter whispers. “We’re not even allowed to say the word ‘gun.’ But then they make us think about them.”
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