Obviously screaming at people to charge someone with a gun is tough. LE don't get paid to commit suicide--you need a plan. OTOH, an hour and a half is a long time.
40 minutes is still a very long time when someone is pulling a trigger. Many jurisdictions have removed police/security personnel from schools, removed their firearms, replaced them with stickers on the doors. A lot of that happened after St. George Floyd ODed.
I'll see you this piece by Berenson and raise you the one that he put up immediately after. The kid was a marijuana user. I told a friend of mine over dinner yesterday evening that he would prove to be a drug user.
I hope that the left and the right can agree that randomly killing innocent people is rooted in mental illness. The potential causes of mental illness is partly what makes addressing it so challenging. Genetic predispositions, environmental factors and trauma are some of the more common predictors. Adding drugs to the mix (pharmaceutical, recreational, legal and illegal) complicates matters ten-fold. Of course, you can always have substance induced mental illness, the symptoms of which will vary greatly depending on the drug of choice and length of use.
While there are exceptions, mass shooters trend more toward males between 17-25 years old. This would lead me in the direction of a true mental illness, possibly exacerbated by drug use as opposed to a mental illness caused by substance use alone. More than likely, educators have shared abnormal behavioral concerns with parents/guardians early and often only to be met with excuses and/or blame which delays effective interventions.
Sadly, this is undeniable. I retired from public education in 2019. I was a school counselor for 28 years. I work at a private Catholic school now. We are vigilant when it comes to curriculum review, but that is not enough. We have to engage in uncomfortable conversations with parents early and often. It is hard for a parent to hear that their child has abnormal and/or antisocial behavior.
I understand. One of my sisters was a school psychologist in mostly lower income urban schools, another taught in a private Catholic school, and my wife worked in the front office of a private school for 27 years. Oh, my father was a psychology professor. It seems to be in the blood.
"the sick feeling I had dropping my kids off this morning. Hug my six-year-old extra tight in case some devil with a hankering to destroy children exercises his constitutional right to walk out of the local gun store locked and loaded."
Sorry, Alex. If you really fear for the safety of your child in this way you have no business dropping them off at that school. The public schools have ceased being a rational choice for children, at least in many places.
There is a higher correlation between fatherlessness and mass murder than there is with drug use. At root, this is an effect destroying the two parent family.
For what it’s worth, Berenson is right with you regarding Marijuana. See his book: “Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence.”
I don't believe the problem is the stimulant meds themselves, we have something like 50 years of use for those that need them,, but there are many other over prescribed and poorly monitored drugs such as SSRI's that don't play well with adolescents.
There may be issues with drugs given for depression, that can have suicidal side effects. They can increase anxiety. I have a gut feelings, there is a bit of protectiveness by drug makers using lawyers, to make sure the issue is minimized.
Drugs were seen at one time as the answer / cure for psychiatric issues, which is why the mental hospitals were closed down. Unfortunately that was not true.
And creating school environments that are toxic, that force male children to act like females, and removing PE / Physical Activity, is going to result in boys over medicated due to Attention Deficit Order.
Book Review at City Journal.
Soul Doctors
A new book takes an unsparing look at psychiatry's past and future.
I don't think its pot. But kids are pumped full of drugs. A kid needs to burn off energy and if you're not letting them run free at times then using medication to control the energy you're hurting them.
Then they pump these kids full of doom and gloom and confusing ideologies to the point were they need anti-depressants. I guarantee this is the problem.
Yes, meth and crack are bad too. But this is long term psychological problems cause by tyrannical people who care more to control the world then to raise healthy well adjusted people.
between a school district where a vocal minority of parents are tagged as suspected domestic terrorists trying to interfere with programs meant to fundamentally transform society... and a school district where the vast majority of parents are transparently understood to need free daycare and therefore see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
You can have parent participation in raising children, or you can have free daycare, but not both, not really? cf Chicago Public Schools
Obviously screaming at people to charge someone with a gun is tough. LE don't get paid to commit suicide--you need a plan. OTOH, an hour and a half is a long time.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10855093/Furious-father-Texas-school-shooting-victim-slams-police-failing-stop-gunman-HOUR.html
40 minutes is still a very long time when someone is pulling a trigger. Many jurisdictions have removed police/security personnel from schools, removed their firearms, replaced them with stickers on the doors. A lot of that happened after St. George Floyd ODed.
I'll see you this piece by Berenson and raise you the one that he put up immediately after. The kid was a marijuana user. I told a friend of mine over dinner yesterday evening that he would prove to be a drug user.
Ah!
I hope that the left and the right can agree that randomly killing innocent people is rooted in mental illness. The potential causes of mental illness is partly what makes addressing it so challenging. Genetic predispositions, environmental factors and trauma are some of the more common predictors. Adding drugs to the mix (pharmaceutical, recreational, legal and illegal) complicates matters ten-fold. Of course, you can always have substance induced mental illness, the symptoms of which will vary greatly depending on the drug of choice and length of use.
While there are exceptions, mass shooters trend more toward males between 17-25 years old. This would lead me in the direction of a true mental illness, possibly exacerbated by drug use as opposed to a mental illness caused by substance use alone. More than likely, educators have shared abnormal behavioral concerns with parents/guardians early and often only to be met with excuses and/or blame which delays effective interventions.
My apologies for the long comment.
Nowadays, more than likely educators seem to enable abnormal behavior without sharing any concerns with parents/guardians.
Sadly, this is undeniable. I retired from public education in 2019. I was a school counselor for 28 years. I work at a private Catholic school now. We are vigilant when it comes to curriculum review, but that is not enough. We have to engage in uncomfortable conversations with parents early and often. It is hard for a parent to hear that their child has abnormal and/or antisocial behavior.
I understand. One of my sisters was a school psychologist in mostly lower income urban schools, another taught in a private Catholic school, and my wife worked in the front office of a private school for 27 years. Oh, my father was a psychology professor. It seems to be in the blood.
"the sick feeling I had dropping my kids off this morning. Hug my six-year-old extra tight in case some devil with a hankering to destroy children exercises his constitutional right to walk out of the local gun store locked and loaded."
Sorry, Alex. If you really fear for the safety of your child in this way you have no business dropping them off at that school. The public schools have ceased being a rational choice for children, at least in many places.
Yes.
There is a higher correlation between fatherlessness and mass murder than there is with drug use. At root, this is an effect destroying the two parent family.
https://www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/commentary/the-crisis-fatherless-shooters
Meds coupled with video games.
maybe some heavy metal music /sarc
where is personal responsibility?
For what it’s worth, Berenson is right with you regarding Marijuana. See his book: “Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence.”
Ah, thanks!
Marijuana often can increase the sense of alienation and paranoia.
It’s a shame this is not discussed more.
I don't believe the problem is the stimulant meds themselves, we have something like 50 years of use for those that need them,, but there are many other over prescribed and poorly monitored drugs such as SSRI's that don't play well with adolescents.
There may be issues with drugs given for depression, that can have suicidal side effects. They can increase anxiety. I have a gut feelings, there is a bit of protectiveness by drug makers using lawyers, to make sure the issue is minimized.
https://www.center4research.org/antidepressants-increase-suicide-attempts-risks/
Drugs were seen at one time as the answer / cure for psychiatric issues, which is why the mental hospitals were closed down. Unfortunately that was not true.
And creating school environments that are toxic, that force male children to act like females, and removing PE / Physical Activity, is going to result in boys over medicated due to Attention Deficit Order.
Book Review at City Journal.
Soul Doctors
A new book takes an unsparing look at psychiatry's past and future.
Stephen Eide
https://www.city-journal.org/a-critical-look-at-past-and-future-of-psychiatry
And the mental abuse going on in schools with Leftist brainwashing.
Plus what the masking / fear mongering of Did to Childress mental health.
Recent Examples:
Buffalo Shooter - went to school in a hazmat suite.
Texas - got bullied in school due to use of eye liner. Plus Living with grandmother. Self multilated.
Yep, 24 hour rule on news.
Bullshit.
I don't think its pot. But kids are pumped full of drugs. A kid needs to burn off energy and if you're not letting them run free at times then using medication to control the energy you're hurting them.
Then they pump these kids full of doom and gloom and confusing ideologies to the point were they need anti-depressants. I guarantee this is the problem.
Yes, meth and crack are bad too. But this is long term psychological problems cause by tyrannical people who care more to control the world then to raise healthy well adjusted people.
I think there is a deep connection there,
between a school district where a vocal minority of parents are tagged as suspected domestic terrorists trying to interfere with programs meant to fundamentally transform society... and a school district where the vast majority of parents are transparently understood to need free daycare and therefore see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
You can have parent participation in raising children, or you can have free daycare, but not both, not really? cf Chicago Public Schools