This Mothers Impassioned Plea For Her Daughters Safety Will Move You
This Mothers Impassioned Plea For Her Daughters Safety Will Move You
No three year old should be afraid to go to school. Period.
No three year old should be afraid to go to school. Period.
"I took this picture because initially I thought it was funny..." writes Mom Stacey Feeley. " The moment she told me what she was doing I broke down. She was practicing for a lockdown drill at her preschool and what you should do if you are stuck in a bathroom. At that moment all innocence of what I thought my three-year-old possessed was gone."
Stacey's three year old daughter practices hiding from an active shooter by standing on a toilet seat.
The picture has now gone viral, and it's not hard to see why. Stacey continues; 'Politicians - take a look. This is your child, your children, your grandchildren, your great grand children and future generations to come. They will live their lives and grow up in this world based on your decisions. They are barely 3 and they will hide in bathroom stalls standing on top of toilet seats. I do not know what will be harder for them? Trying to remain quiet for an extended amount of time or trying to keep their balance without letting a foot slip below the stall door?"
After Senate Republicans blocked new Gun Control measures in the wake of the Orlando shooting, President Obama tweeted his disappointment.
Stacey's picture, and her moving caption, have embodied the reality for all American parents who live in fear for their children. 'No one thinks gun control will be 100% crime control. But maybe, just maybe, it helps 1% or 2% or 50%? Who knows unless we try? Why on earth are there not universal background checks? Where is a universal registration database? Why are high capacity magazines ever permitted to be sold to anyone other than direct to the military?"
Information of mass shootings paints a terrifying picture
"I am not pretending to have all the answers or even a shred of them, but unless you want your children standing on top of a toilet, we need to do something!" Unless we want generations of children living in fear just like this, we must do something, and do something now.
I hope this kid got a lot of cuddles from her Mom!
This is a very moving, serious subject. How does this photo make you feel? Should we ALL be fighting for the safety of America's young ones? Please let us know in the comments below or by sharing this article with friends to see what they think.