My daughter's school had a lockdown drill on Friday When debriefing about it over dinner, she also nonchalently mentioned that she and her friends were "playing lockdown drill" at recess.
What. Is. This. World. Coming. To?
What is worse than knowing that your child has to practice this because of today's reality? To me, it looks a lot like a child using that same scenario while playing pretend.
In some regards, I guess I could feel reassured by this - getting extra practice in can't be a bad thing, right? But somehow I feel like it is actually a false sense of understanding, a normalization of the extreme.
And I think we do this a lot in our lives... seeking normalcy in the uncomfortable can be helpful, but I also wonder about the false sense of security it can also provide. Are we ever really ready?*
*please note that I am not advocating against lockdown drills, just lamenting the reality of them, and questioning whether they actually help to prepare our kids...
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