This week’s highest clicked link from Monday’s post:
When mothers are afraid of their children.
A few thoughts:
1. Mental illness is NOT the only factor in mass shootings.
Enough said. There is no one pinpoint factor. We need to get over that.
2. The kind of mental illness described here is scary, and most of us don’t know what to do about it.
The fact that law enforcement told her that she needs to have her son charged with a crime in order to contain him is difficult to read. Is this really our best option?
3. The burning question: what do we do in situations like this?
Yikes. I don’t know. I’m not sure the article knows. There has to be more than institutions and medications. But it is very difficult to read about and difficult to even make an educated guess at what to do. So, on this one, I’ll do a lot of listening, and less talking. Anyone I should listen to?
Have a great weekend.