Most schools across the country are on summer vacation. But a few northern schools are in their last week. Those educators will be deciding how to approach this tragedy to help children, faculty, and staff make sense of this horror and of the world as it is and can be. Listen to conversations around you. There are growing fears about air travel and heated debates about second amendment rights and privacy and safety. Cautions about movie theaters, sports events the like build concern, fear, and stress. That stress affects our bodies, our behaviors, and our states of mind.  In turn, children inherit a world with a constant undercurrent of stress and of wariness. How does this impact our jobs? Today's children and the adults in whose charge they remain have a diminished sense of safety and less protection from stressors. Read more...