Lockdown Drills Alone Won’t Protect Our Kids

By Lauren Paige Kennedy

“Honey, you really need to learn this,” I said gently, kneeling down to help. “You can’t go around school with your pants undone! When you use the bathroom, you have to do it yourself.”

“Oh, I never use the bathroom at school anymore,” she responded, shrugging.

“I find that hard to believe,” I said as I fixed the…

Lauren Paige Kennedy
Lauren Paige Kennedy

 
Lauren Paige Kennedy is a freelance writer. A founding editor of WebMD magazine, she now regularly contributes cover stories and health features to the print publication and website. She's also a frequent contributor to the new parenting site for Gen X'ers, The Mid, and has been published on Purple Clover and The Conversation, as well as in USA Today, The Washington Post, Washingtonian Magazine, Men's Fitness, Travel+Leisure, and more.  She is the mother of two daughters and resides in the Greater New York area.

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