San Bernardino School Shooting: How Do You Explain Murder to a Child?

“As a parent, I have no idea how I would console elementary-aged children after they witnessed something so horrific. I mean, how do you explain murder to a child who saw the terror unfold right before their eyes? My God…what words would I use to explain to a fragile mind what they viewed? How do console those little souls? Talk about PTSD and trauma…” ~ Lil Pick Me Up, Writing With Hope

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My daughter is brave, smart, and, I’ve been, told advanced. But could her little body manage a bullet fired by a gunman who bursts into her classroom with revenge on his mind, fueled by psychotic anger blinding him from all rationality? Parents in San Bernardino are asking themselves a similar question, as their city suffered yet another tragic shooting. This time at an elementary school, no less.

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For Better or Worse, Till Death Do Us Part

Domestic Abuse/Violence must to stop. Period.

My son would have witnessed his father doing the same thing to me, and more, had I stayed with him. He would have probably witnessed my death too:

“They saw him hitting her and they saw him strangling her and the only they could do was just sit there and cry,” Horton said.

This is why it is imperative to get children out of such a situation:

The couple’s three children, ages 12, 14 and 18, had been witnesses to the ongoing violence, Horton said.

Unfortunately, the children’s mother did not want to break up the family despite the violence.

A decision that would ultimately, cost her greatly – with her life.

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