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Also, recently in the Atlantic: Why Parents Struggle So Much in the World’s Richest Country

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https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2024/01/america-f...

Interesting article. Seems weird to me, as a Brit, why there isn't more pressure from American parents against guns. One might expect them to think "OK, I like having the right to own a gun, but I don't want kids entire lives to revolve (pardon the pun!) around the threat of gun violence, so there needs to be some kind of control". But apparently not... I know someone (British) who's engaged to an American and in the process of moving there and planning to have kid(s), who intends to homeschool her kid(s) because she doesn't think 5-yr-olds having to be given training in case a shooter enters their school is healthy. I mean, I agree with her, but having to homeschool them to avoid this... it's madness.

> there isn't more pressure from American parents against guns

Because its not salient. Your child has a higher likelihood of being struck by lightning twice than to be killed in a school shooting.

Ok that makes sense :)

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