What are we doing to our kids?

A fourth-grade teacher I've been working with told me today that she is required to conduct drills in her classroom in case of "intruder violence." These poor little ones have to be taught to lie down on the floor in case someone opens fire in the classroom.

Added to the intruder drills there are earthquake drills. And then, of course, the children are supposed to just go back to being open to learning the day's lessons.

No wonder we've got so many autistic kids being born. It makes sense that children need to turn down their ability to experience emotion in the kind of environment we're setting up.