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I remember when I told my dad that I landed my first full-time job as a designer. It paid about $30k a year, but it was in my field of study and it was salaried. I’ve never seen him so proud. Then, a year and a half later, after we moved to Seattle for my husband’s career, I told Dad that I was staying at home to focus on our family. He was much less proud.

I love my dad, and I understand his concern. He didn’t want to see my hard work through college go to waste. Unfortunately, Dad wasn’t the only person unimpressed with my choice. Since becoming stay-at-home mom, my lack of professional ambition has become the subject of polite, “understanding” nods and downright awkward silences.
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Did you hear about Florida?

That’s how my husband told me about the most recent mass shooting in our country. Florida, Las Vegas, Burlington, Virginia Tech, San Bernardino, Houston, Sandy Hook Elementary. The list of mass shooting sites is growing; the list of lives lost is worse. As a new mom, these shootings have taken on a new meaning. We can stay away from public events, parties, and national monuments, but how can we keep our daughter from school? In Florida a teenager shot down his former classmates. At Sandy Hook, a young man gunned down innocent children. How in the world do you protect your children against that? In the event of a mass shooting, we need to know what to do. Worse, if your child is caught up in a violent event, he needs to be able to protect himself. Here are some tips you can use and share to protect your child from an active shooter.

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