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Threat of violence emailed to schools, do you keep your kid at home? (self.Daddit)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by essteeyou to c/[email protected]

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Hey dads, my wife and I got an email from the school district this morning saying that someone had emailed threats of violence to a lot of schools in my county.

They said there will be a police presence at all schools, and they don't think the threats are serious.

My wife and I are keeping our son (6) at home today because we're just not willing to take that risk. Are we being overly cautious given what the police say? What would you do?

Edit: Here's an article about the threat that I just saw. Seems like it really was a stupid hoax.

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[–] PoliticalAgitator 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't think you're being overly cautious. There's no way he's learning anything that's worth risking his life for.

[–] essteeyou 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's how I look at it, but then I start thinking about levels of risk. Driving the car involves risk, but very low. This email thing feels like higher risk, but is it really?

[–] PoliticalAgitator 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Only the person who sent the threats knows the risk but the "reward" part of the "risk vs reward" is basically nonexistent. He could miss an entire month of school and it wouldn't make any significant difference, especially long term.