I hope other parents will join with me in requiring an end to this traumatizing practice. No evidence it helps and profound evidence it causes lasting harm: Thanks to active-shooter drills at school, my 4-year-old thought fireworks were gunshots.https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2018/11/01/mom-thanks-active-shooter-drills-school-my-year-old-thought-fireworks-were-gunshots-enough-already/?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.3f4e941694f6 …