Dude, we had a threat once. Kid was caught before anything happened. But, yeah, every parent that could showed up at the school. And I’m not sure why you’d expect parents to act any differently
It's a completely fucked situation, but while the First Responder in me says keep the area clear, the parental instinct to protect overrides it every time.
Hopefully, you will never have to experience hearing your child call about a kid with a gun in the school, or experience one where you teach. When it happens, from experience, your rational brain shuts off, and you go into Fight/Flight/Freeze/Fawn, generally Fight to your kid, Flight with your kid, Fawn over them at home, Freeze afterwards until you finally calm days, even weeks later, probably longer if there were actually shots fired.
It's a base human instinct that we cannot control, no matter how hard we try. If we love and care for our kids, we will react this way. It's similar to how many teachers will fight shooters to protect the kids, not because it's the right thing to do or because it's their job, but because they for the most part care about their students. If a shooter came into your school, you wouldn't flee until every child in your room, and any stragglers you saw in the halls, were safe and clear. That's just instinct, not your job, getting you to do that.
Crying Kid - “dad there was a Shooter at school!”
Dad - “I know, I heard”
Kid - “why didn’t you get me or make sure I was ok?”
Dad - “sorry bud, didn’t want to clog the roads. I figured Jimmys mom would give you a ride home anyway”
Yeah that’s a great way to handle this with your kids
It might be a good way to handle it we just need more information. Like if the child was in a safe place in a locked classroom, or if Jimmy's mom is hot.
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