The Quiet Emergency: When Adults Look Away and Kids Learn to Disappear

And I thought about all the kids still inside that building.

Kids without a dad who can take a personal day.

Kids whose parents can’t afford the gas money or don’t have flexible jobs.

Kids who go to sleep at night praying they wake up with the flu just to buy themselves one day of peace.

“No,” I said.

My wife closed her eyes like she already knew.

So I didn’t continue reading …