Active shooter drills are instilling a fear in today’s children comparable to Cold War era nuclear lockdowns.

Active shooter drills are instilling a fear in today’s children comparable to Cold War era nuclear lockdowns. But unlike the potential fallout from a nuclear bomb, school shootings affect a relatively small number of students, meaning the fear caused by excessive school drills may be misguided. However, similar to how milk cartons and TV spread outsized anxiety over kidnapping in the ‘80s and ‘90s, social media and digital news have already made school shootings a top concern among Gen Z. (The Atlantic)