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Foot soldiers have to do is to figure out a way to take care of themselves, so for all of the folks out there thinking and listening and wanting to start their own efforts, how do they make sure they care for themselves in the con ttext of caring for community? >> well, the balance is always a challenge. being a mom and wife, it is very challenging to be able to have your family as well as the responsibilities and the passion that you have towards your organization, but definitely, you have the ...

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A lot of times parents make the mistake of talking to their children as if they were their caregiver and their support system, like an emotional surrogate. be careful. a lot of times parents turn to their children and this is not the time. you should be providing support to your child and the best way to do it is for you to get support for yourself, counseling, with clergy, with family members, community members, there is a lot of mental health organizations that are providing outreach. and some...

Over the last few days, lawrence, the clergy members who were in that room and had to be there to help tell the parents that they had lost a 6-year-old or a 7-year-old and now a community that this week has already scheduled 14 funerals, but the support system has risen up in a way that every person ive talked to has said has helped, has made a difference in a situation that is so heartbreaking you think nothing could possibly help. >> you know, the way i have been feeling about this since frida...

Over me, but autistic kids, each and every one of them is different. >> you said that there were different things that she tried to do because she had a hard time bonding with him. >> yes. she was trying to bond, find ways to bond with him. she told me the guns, she would take them shooting because that was a way that a single mom could relate to her son and so she would take him out shooting. >> rich also told me he doesnt think nancy, as a single mom h the kind of support system that she neede...

>> yeah. she was trying to bond, find ways to bond with him. she told me the guns, she would take them shooting because that was a way that a single mom could relate to her son. >> rich collins also told me that he thinks nancy lanza did the best she could, but that she did not have being a single mother, the support system necessary for dealing with someone louisororer -- like adam. theyre saying he fired several hundred shots inside sandy hook elementary school. around here, there is very litt...

Wrong, running around sticking needles in my arms, leaving labs laying in the woods, not having no real cares about nobody but myself. if i go back out there and get on drugs, theres no way ill make it. i know that. theres no ifs, ands or buts. but if i use this program to my advantage and i get some good foundation and i meet some decent people, sooner or later, something will catch a hold. i believe that, anyhow. >> we can give them the tools here to deal with their addiction, but when they ge...

It appears from the reporting thus far that the shooter in this case had some sort of support system in the schools that he attended sparsely, the support systems where clearly he didnt take advantage of them. clearly there were huge problems in that family structure. but mental health certainly has to be addressed. why is it easier in this country, in the united states of america, in the 21st century, why is it easier to be able to purchase a handgun than it is to get an appointment with a psyc...

That -- are there things that happened? you talked about a support system -- that have helped you to begin the healing process? >> i mean to be honest, i think talking about this issue and getting involved with gun violence prevention has been empowering for me and its helped me tourn to what was essentially a senseless act into something that has more meaning. so not even, you know, gets to that place where they can start talking about this issue, but i mean ultimately i really encourage the pe...