Please read THIS. I had tears in my eyes after reading this. My heart aches for anyone and everyone raising children with mental illness, and unable to find the help that they know they need.
Please, reach out to other parents, especially if they are in need of extra love and support. Do not let them go through this alone. Lend them your shoulder, something.
Showing posts with label mental illness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mental illness. Show all posts
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Adam Lanza
Yes, that is his name. Adam Lanza. This is the person that found the ability in his twisted, screwed up world to walk into an elementary school and murder innocent children and teachers. That is his name, Adam Lanza. Why he committed the crime that he did is still unknown, but I think the main point here is that he was deeply troubled. In the article I linked to his name it states that he was known for showing no emotion, an outsider, a loner, and strange. At least one person who went to school with him says that it was not a surprise that he did this.
THAT is the problem with our country. We have kids walking around through their lives, with something wrong inside. They are saying that they could see that something was wrong with this person. Why, why was he just walking around unstable, unemotional, waiting for the wrong thing to set him off? I am not saying that any person who is anti-social should be locked up, but this kid had a history of instability.
I feel like this kid's village failed him. I do. I know many people are just condemning his heinous actions, and I am not trying to minimize the aftermath. I just think that instead of solely focusing on gun control and whether or not to increase it, decrease it, or just plain enforce what we have, we need to look at our society's handling of mental illness.
We have to make something positive come out of this horror. Our society has fallen off a much worse cliff than anything fiscal, we have fallen off a moral cliff. We have lost control of what we allow our children to be expose to. We have pushed aside those that need help, brushing it under the rug as they are just different. Different is okay, but mentally unstable needs help!
We have to become accountable as a society. We have to stand up for our morals and values, and not just talk about, we have to act on it! We have to return to the days where neighborhoods were safe for kids to play in after school. We have to return to the time when it was okay to have a disagreement with someone and not worry about them killing you in the street. We have to return to a time where we respected human life, and cherished all of our kids.
I implore parents everywhere to stand up and start working together. We do not have to agree on every parenting aspect, it is okay if we do things differently than each other. But we have to work together to raise our children in a healthy, thriving environment. We have to take back our society, and say enough is enough. Only we can do this, we on the front lines of our home towns. We are the soldiers in this war. We fight it with love, compassion, understanding, and most of all COMMUNICATION!!!
I challenge you, you reading this right now, to use your voice right now and state your role. How are you going to change the world you live in today? What is your first step in action? How will you make your world a better place for your children, or your nieces/nephews, your cousins, your neighbors children, any and every child growing up in our society today?
THAT is the problem with our country. We have kids walking around through their lives, with something wrong inside. They are saying that they could see that something was wrong with this person. Why, why was he just walking around unstable, unemotional, waiting for the wrong thing to set him off? I am not saying that any person who is anti-social should be locked up, but this kid had a history of instability.
I feel like this kid's village failed him. I do. I know many people are just condemning his heinous actions, and I am not trying to minimize the aftermath. I just think that instead of solely focusing on gun control and whether or not to increase it, decrease it, or just plain enforce what we have, we need to look at our society's handling of mental illness.
We have to make something positive come out of this horror. Our society has fallen off a much worse cliff than anything fiscal, we have fallen off a moral cliff. We have lost control of what we allow our children to be expose to. We have pushed aside those that need help, brushing it under the rug as they are just different. Different is okay, but mentally unstable needs help!
We have to become accountable as a society. We have to stand up for our morals and values, and not just talk about, we have to act on it! We have to return to the days where neighborhoods were safe for kids to play in after school. We have to return to the time when it was okay to have a disagreement with someone and not worry about them killing you in the street. We have to return to a time where we respected human life, and cherished all of our kids.
I implore parents everywhere to stand up and start working together. We do not have to agree on every parenting aspect, it is okay if we do things differently than each other. But we have to work together to raise our children in a healthy, thriving environment. We have to take back our society, and say enough is enough. Only we can do this, we on the front lines of our home towns. We are the soldiers in this war. We fight it with love, compassion, understanding, and most of all COMMUNICATION!!!
I challenge you, you reading this right now, to use your voice right now and state your role. How are you going to change the world you live in today? What is your first step in action? How will you make your world a better place for your children, or your nieces/nephews, your cousins, your neighbors children, any and every child growing up in our society today?
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Gun Control???
In the wake of the events in Connecticut yesterday many people are discussing our need for stricter gun control laws, but some are calling for LESS gun control. I am respectful of EVERYONE'S opinion, but I completely disagree with this thinking. I do not think that teachers should be able to carry a concealed weapon inside a school.
I do not think ANYONE should be allowed to carry any weapon inside of a school.
The fact of the matter is this, there will be tragedy in our society. The immediate gut reaction may be, "well if I was there and had been able to carry a concealed weapon, I would have shot him." Unless you are in that exact situation with those exact circumstances, you have no idea what you would actually do.
So are we supposed to allow teachers to carry weapons and just think that is not going to scare the hell out of the children? What about the percentages of accidental weapon firings? Are we going to be okay with that happening in a school? What about kids that may find a weapon that is not concealed properly enough, because kids are curious and will seek to play with things that they find.
I think allowing any type of fire arms inside any school is asking for more trouble than it would potential diminish. The right to bare arms was not designed for dealing with crazy weapons wielding people inside an elementary school. Our forefathers could not have conceived of this type of action. This did not happen then.
I understand the anger and frustration driving this thinking. I understand being completely disturbed by these events to the point of wanting to physically harm the person who did this, regardless of whether or not he is already dead.
I think we need to focus on WHY these people are doing these horrible things. What is the mental capacity of these people, and what is the responsibility of their friends and family to report anyone with this severity of mental illness. I cannot imagine that this person was NOT mentally ill. In order to walk into a school that his mother used to work in, and shoot innocent children, he HAS to be mentally ill. Where was his family in this? Where was his village of support? THIS is where we have to combat these tragedies.
We need to ENFORCE the gun laws we have set in place. Mentally ill people should never, ever have access legally to weapons. We have laws regarding this and they often go uninforced. Yes, there are other ways to get weapons, but if we make it as difficult as possible we increase our chances that some how this person will screw up their plan enough that someone will notice, and report them BEFOREHAND.
I believe we need to protect our children above anything, but I do not agree that allowing teachers and staff to carry concealed weapons is the answer to this problem. I believe it would further the problem even more. Go hug your babies, and tell them you love them, because they cannot hear it often enough.
I do not think ANYONE should be allowed to carry any weapon inside of a school.
The fact of the matter is this, there will be tragedy in our society. The immediate gut reaction may be, "well if I was there and had been able to carry a concealed weapon, I would have shot him." Unless you are in that exact situation with those exact circumstances, you have no idea what you would actually do.
So are we supposed to allow teachers to carry weapons and just think that is not going to scare the hell out of the children? What about the percentages of accidental weapon firings? Are we going to be okay with that happening in a school? What about kids that may find a weapon that is not concealed properly enough, because kids are curious and will seek to play with things that they find.
I think allowing any type of fire arms inside any school is asking for more trouble than it would potential diminish. The right to bare arms was not designed for dealing with crazy weapons wielding people inside an elementary school. Our forefathers could not have conceived of this type of action. This did not happen then.
I understand the anger and frustration driving this thinking. I understand being completely disturbed by these events to the point of wanting to physically harm the person who did this, regardless of whether or not he is already dead.
I think we need to focus on WHY these people are doing these horrible things. What is the mental capacity of these people, and what is the responsibility of their friends and family to report anyone with this severity of mental illness. I cannot imagine that this person was NOT mentally ill. In order to walk into a school that his mother used to work in, and shoot innocent children, he HAS to be mentally ill. Where was his family in this? Where was his village of support? THIS is where we have to combat these tragedies.
We need to ENFORCE the gun laws we have set in place. Mentally ill people should never, ever have access legally to weapons. We have laws regarding this and they often go uninforced. Yes, there are other ways to get weapons, but if we make it as difficult as possible we increase our chances that some how this person will screw up their plan enough that someone will notice, and report them BEFOREHAND.
I believe we need to protect our children above anything, but I do not agree that allowing teachers and staff to carry concealed weapons is the answer to this problem. I believe it would further the problem even more. Go hug your babies, and tell them you love them, because they cannot hear it often enough.
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