Shooting of the Day
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The Highland Park shooting was 20 minutes northeast of my town in the north Chicago suburbs.
We were driving to our parade just a mile away and wondered why nobody was along the route. We pulled into a neighborhood and started to see posts on Twitter and NextDoor.
Our daughter is 7 1/2 and could tell we looked worried and shocked. This ended up being the catalyst for finally explaining shootings to her, because she didn't know why the parade wasn't happening.
As a parent, protecting my kids' innocence is important. I tried to explain things to her as delicately as possible. I wasn't ready for that conversation though. I just tried to tell her that sometimes people do bad things with guns, that they are mean and evil.
It really took the wind out of me and I felt numb for the rest of the day. I still do.
- Glad you're ok mg33! I was wondering if that was close to where you live.Bennn
- Thank you Bennn. I actually go up there every 4-5 weeks to get my haircut. It's a nice town, one of the wealthy suburbs along the lake north of Chicago.mg33
- Stay safe. its like nobody is safe anywhere :(Bennn
- you are the parent, so you know best course of action for your family but i wouldn't expose my 7 yo to this info. against what mass media wants us to believe...pr2
- ...this sort of events are way, way, way more rare than we think.pr2