"American children grow up in a culture saturated with gun violence. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementWatching my toddler mimic trigger motions reminded me that American children grow up in a culture saturated with gun violence. Most recently, the young people at Brown University have become part of the 393rd mass shooting incident in the U.S. this year. This month, Australia also experienced a mass shooting. Parents are left to navigate raising children in a country where simulated violence is brushed off as harmless fun, even as real violence escalates around us.

Source: Huffington Post December 22, 2025 13:42 UTC