Michael Cohen - What Are We Doing to Our Children?
When I was a kid, the fire alarm meant one thing: a brief, glorious interruption of math class. We lined up against the wall, shortest to tallest, like some strange growth chart of childhood innocence. We followed the painted line on the floor, quietly, obediently, toward the gym or outside. I remember thinking it was half fun, half pointless. After all, our schools were built like bunkers: concrete cinder blocks, metal desks, steel chairs. Nothing that could burn. And the place they herded us into? The gym. The one room with wood floors. Brilliant.
But that was the extent of our fear. A drill. A bell. An inconvenience.
That world is gone.
Today’s children—Gen Z and the kids coming up behind them—don’t practice fire drills. They rehearse for slaughter. Active shooter drills. Lockdown drills. Barricade-the-door drills. Hide-in-the-closet drills. Flip desks. Silence phones. Crouch in your “assigned location.” Memorize where to bleed quietly so you don’t give yourself away.
Let that sink in.
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Every barricaded classroom is an indictment. Every child taught to hide is proof that the adults in charge have surrendered.
What are we doing to our children?
We are teaching them that violence is expected. That safety is conditional. That tomorrow is not guaranteed. And one day, when they look back on us—the generation that shrugged, rationalized, and moved on—they won’t ask why we were scared.
They’ll ask why we weren’t brave enough to stop it."
