"It takes a monster to kill children. But to watch monsters kill children again and again and do nothing isn't just insanity--it's inhumanity." -Amanda Gorman

The title says it all. On today's episode Abby and Margot talk about their experience with anxiety around school shootings. They share stories from their own childhood's and being high school students when Columbine happened, and how things have changed for the worse TEN FOLD since that time. They talk about their experiences as educators and how they navigated the stress and fear surrounding school safety, changing protocols, and caring for children during active shooter drills. Finally, the Warriors offer listeners the chance to reflect on their own emotions surrounding gun violence in schools and what we can do as teachers, parents, community members, etc to prevent mass shootings in school and care for others and ourselves in the process. 
CW: school shooting, gun violence, severe trauma. 

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