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Life, and new opportunities. it was for the american dream. i think the american dream is a fractured and broken. it is no longer real. so many people come to this country seeking safety, because of what is going on in their countries, and now kids have to fear going to school. kids have to be afraid that their community might be next. i remember i came here in third grade. in fourth grade i did my first lockdown drill. i was confused. in my country, we did not practice. i still had a security that i live in america, i am safe. that was completely shattered when i was 17 years old and in parkl...

News of shootings can be scary for children. Here's some advice to guide conversations at home.

Of the second amendment that puts every other right in american life including the right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness at risk. their version of the second amendment, sadly is that everyone, all of us should be carrying a gun everywhere all the time and that's not the kind of environment or world that allows us to have america's safest place as the national rifle association says. it's a scary place and that's why in arlington, virginia, the same day as in arlington, texas, where that shooting occurred my own daughter had a lockdown drill. she was out of school for the entire day. ...

About 95% of schools practice what to do in case a shooter enters their facility: Colorado, school shooting drills, education.

Kids prepare for fires, tornados, and bomb threats. But it’s the severity of some of today’s active shooter drills, and the different ways that kids are taught to respond that leads to confusion and can add to a student’s stress.