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I'm supposed to have all the answers, but I don't

Professor Mom

I'm supposed to have all the answers, but I don't

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Virginia Tech.

Posted April 17, 2007
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I cannot begin to imagine the anguish of the parents of students killed at Virginia Tech yesterday.

To raise a child from helpless infancy, navigate all the perils of childhood and teenage years, to finally send them off to college . . . to have THIS happen. So senseless.

So unpreventable.

As parents, it is our job to anticipate danger, to keep our children safe. How can we even begin to imagine that college won't be safe?

Surely there is drunk driving to worry about. Or even, (gulp), date rape. But to imagine that your child will be a victim of a senseless mass murder? Shot in cold blood in their college classroom? It is inconceivable.

The overwhelming sense of parental helplessness, impotence is shattering.

It is the absolute hardest thing about being a parent: coming to terms with your complete and total lack of control.

My heart goes out to all the family and friends of the victims.

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