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mercuryblues

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2. What can you say?

Reply to sufrommich (Original post)

Fri Dec 14, 2012, 06:34 PM

Dec 2012

I was honest as I could be and answered his questions to the best of my knowledge. Letting him know that as much as I hate the check-in system at his school, it is there for a reason. In a sense I gave him false security, they do go outside for reccess and PE.

Then he told me I was breaking his neck from hugging him too tight.

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DU parents who have kids old enough to understand [View all] sufrommich Dec 2012 OP

Finish your homework! AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #1

What can you say? mercuryblues Dec 2012 #2

"he told me I was breaking his neck from hugging him too tight" sufrommich Dec 2012 #5

Gonna have to fry that fish at 3 o'clock. Warren DeMontague Dec 2012 #3

My son is an adult. I can't even imagine trying to sufrommich Dec 2012 #6

Just as we taught our kids to ID and run away from potential child abusers... Cooley Hurd Dec 2012 #4

I honestly try to imagine what I would say sufrommich Dec 2012 #7

My youngest mercuryblues Dec 2012 #16

Oh God, I just can't even imagine having sufrommich Dec 2012 #17

He is doing well mercuryblues Dec 2012 #18

our generation of kids have had this a lot. columbine in prek. 911 1st grade seabeyond Dec 2012 #8

.... sufrommich Dec 2012 #9

sadly, if they ask, "That happened down in the States. Things are different there" TrogL Dec 2012 #10

I wish we would join our neighbors to the north sufrommich Dec 2012 #11

That's pretty much how it went today laundry_queen Dec 2012 #13

I told my 12 year old as I knew she would find out. She was horrified. Happyhippychick Dec 2012 #12

My 12 year old watches the news pretty much every night. She wasn't even surprised. gkhouston Dec 2012 #19

The truth. Brickbat Dec 2012 #14

I have a 13 year old and a 5 year old. The 13 year old heard what happened Luciferous Dec 2012 #15

you might be lucky that it is a friday and no one will say anything by monday. seabeyond Dec 2012 #20

I hope so. The school district's official response is to keep quiet about it at the Luciferous Dec 2012 #21