GUYS. EXACT PROOF THAT SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING DOES WORK. IF IT WORKS AT THE RIGHT
TIME. THANK YOU GUYS, CHECK BACK
WITH YOU IN A LITTLE BIT. WE
HAVE SEEN IT AGAIN AND AGAIN
AFTER EVERY SCHOOL SHOOTING
STUDENTS AND TEACHERS, ENTIRE
COMMUNITIES DEALING WITH SUCH A
STRONG EMOTIONAL IMPACT, RIGHT.
EVERYBODY HAS TO BE READY TO
HELP AND TO NOTICE SIGNS OF
ANXIETY, STRESS AND DEPRESSION
POLITICS WOMAN REACHED OUT TO AN
EXPERT TO GET ADVICE ON WHAT TO
WATCH FOR. YEAH HI. SO FIRST OF
ALL, WHAT I WANT TO DO IS LET
YOU KNOW WHY I’M IN OXFORD. AND
IT’S BECAUSE THIS IS A COMMUNITY
THAT IS UNIQUELY I HATE TO SAY
QUALIFIED BUT UNIQUELY
UNDERSTANDS WHAT IS GOING ON
BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING TWICE. I GOT A TEXT
MESSAGE FROM A FRIEND OF FEW
MOMENTS AGO WHO SAID THAT THERE
IS A YOUNG MAN WHO ACTUALLY
FEELS GUILTY BECAUSE HE RAN AWAY
INSTEAD OF FIGHTING, AND HE
FEELS BADLY BECAUSE HE SAW
PEOPLE BEING KILLED. THIS IS
WHAT OUR CHILDREN ARE GOING
THROUGH. THIS IS WHAT PARENTS
ARE GOING THROUGH. AND WHAT
EXPERTS ARE SAYING IS THIS THIS
DOES NEED TO BE DEALT WITH. WE
NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE’RE
SEEING, SO THIS DOES NOT BECOME
CRIPPLING TO OUR CHILDREN. WE
WERE IN THE CORNER OF OUR ROOM
SIX BUS BECAUSE WE DID NOT WANT
TO BE NEAR THE DOOR AT ALL. WE
WERE IN THE CORNER OF OUR ROOM
BLINDS DOWN. PITCH BLACK. WE
WERE DEAD, SILENT, CROUCHED IN A
DARK ROOM WITH FRIENDS AND
ABJECT TERROR AND FEAR FOR MORE
THAN FOUR HOURS LAST NIGHT,
TEENAGE WOMEN SURROUNDED BY
UNCERTAINTY WE HAD HEARD FROM
THE POLICE FROM THEM. IT WAS
OKAY TO OPEN OUR DOORS, SO WE
THIS WAS IT WAS REALLY, REALLY,
UM WE HAD TO OPEN THE DOOR TO
POLICE WATCH FBI HOLDING HUGE,
HUGE GUNS. WE HAD ALL THROW OUR
HANDS UP AND LIKE WE HAD THEY
WERE, LIKE, PUT YOUR HANDS UP
AND STUFF. WE ALL JUST STAND
THERE WITH OUR HANDS UP LIKE
SAYING I’M NOT ARMED. TODAY SHE
IS TRAUMATIZED ONE OF MY GOOD
FRIENDS. UM SHE WENT TO HIGH
SCHOOL WITH ONE OF THE VICTIMS
WHO DIED. THIS IS SOMETHING
PARENTS ACROSS THE STATE ARE
DEALING WITH TODAY. AND WHILE SO
MANY CAN BREATHE A SIGH OF
RELIEF THAT THEIR CHILD IS
PHYSICALLY SAFE. THE QUESTION IS
, HOW DO THEY ASSESS IF THEIR
CHILD IS EMOTIONALLY SAFE, SO
THE TRAUMA OF LAST NIGHT DOESN’T
BECOME SOMETHING THAT CAN TRIP
THEM UP LATER. KIDS MAY ALSO THE
EXPERIENCING SOME ANGER THEY MAY
AND MAY LASH OUT, YOU KNOW, AT
THEIR PARENTS OR THEIR LOVED
ONES. WE CANNOT TAKE IT
PERSONALLY. DR ROSE MOTIF IS A
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND LOCAL
4 EXPERT. THIS IS NOT A TIME FOR
US TO ENCOURAGE OUR KIDS TO FAST
FORWARD THROUGH THE EMOTIONAL
PROCESS THEY NEED TO GO THROUGH,
SHE SAYS. RIGHT NOW, PARENTS
SHOULD BE WATCHING THEIR
CHILDREN AND NOT JUST FOR THE
NEXT FEW DAYS, BUT ACTUALLY FOR
THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AFTER A
COUPLE OF WEEKS, YOU’RE NOTICING
THAT MAYBE SLEEPING PATTERNS ARE
GETTING BETTER. IF AFTER A
COUPLE OF WEEKS YOU’RE NOTICING
THEIR THEIR APPETITE IS NOT
GETTING BETTER, OR THEY SEEM TO
HAVE CONTINUED DIFFICULTY WITH
EMOTIONAL REGULATION. THAT’S
WHEN OKAY, MAYBE WE NEED TO GO
AND GET THEM ASSESSED, SHE SAYS.
CODDLE THEM AND COMFORT THEM
WHILE NOT PUSHING THEM. THIS IS
NOT THE TIME TO TELL THEM AGAIN.
LIKE I SAID, IT COULD HAVE BEEN
WORSE OR YOU’RE OKAY. YOU KNOW,
OR OKAY, IT’S TIME TO GET BACK
IN THE SADDLE. THIS IS A TIME TO
ALLOW THEM, YOU KNOW, TO
EXPERIENCE TO FEEL THE EMOTIONAL
RAMIFICATIONS OF WHAT HAPPENS TO
VALIDATE THEM, UM, VALIDATE
THESE EMOTIONS. IT’S SO
IMPORTANT FOR THEM NOT JUST NOW,
BUT IN THE FUTURE. AND THAT’S
WHAT WE’RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT
, IS GETTING OUR KIDS THROUGH
THIS FOR THE FUTURE. DON’T TRY
TO MAKE THEM TALK. BUT KIMBERLY
CERTAINLY LET THEM TALK. GO BACK
TO OXFORD FOR JUST A FEW MOMENTS
BECAUSE WE’RE WE’RE TALKING TO
FAMILIES. WE’RE TALKING TO
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN GOING
THROUGH THIS. AND GOING THROUGH
IT FOR THE SECOND TIME. 15
MONTHS WHAT THAT IS LIKE WHAT
THAT MEANS. WHERE DO WE GO FROM
HERE? I’LL BE BACK WITH YOU AT
SIX O’CLOCK. YEAH. AND PAULA,
YOU’RE RIGHT. WE HAVE TO GET OUR
CHILDREN THROUGH IT. BUT AS WE
MENTIONED, IT’S NOT JUST
STUDENTS AND FACULTY BUT ALSO
PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS AND ENTIRE
COMMUNITY WHO ARE TRAUMATIZED BY
THIS. WE JUST HEARD KIM ADAMS,
WHO SAY THAT YOU KNOW THERE’S A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF GUILT THAT SHE
FEELS FOR BEING ABLE TO HUG HER.
HER DAUGHTER. I FEEL SAD SENDING
MY CHILD TO SCHOOL, AND I WONDER
HOW I’M GOING TO CONTINUE
SENDING HIM TO SCHOOL. YOU’RE SO
RIGHT. THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE
TO PROACTIVELY. DEAL WITH
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
WRAP OUR HEADS AROUND SOMETHING
YOU CAN’T POSSIBLY WRAP YOUR
HEAD AROUND. AND FOR THAT WE
NEED EXPERT HELP, AND WE’RE
TRYING TO GIVE YOU SOME
RESOURCES TO GET THAT HELP.
PAULA. THANK YOU. WE’LL TALK TO
YOU A LITTLE BIT LATER. AND
SPEAKING OF THOSE RESOURCES IF
YOU TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN
RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE SOME
NUMBERS TO CALL IF YOU OR
ANYONE, YOU KNOW, NEED SOME
ASSISTANCE TO GET THROUGH THE
EMOTIONAL AFTERMATH, STUDENTS
CAN CALL 5-7 13558. MEMBERS OF
THE COMMUNITY CALLED 517346 84
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