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You put the seed in the ground to grow, you nurture it, but it can still be erased in seconds by thrashing mower blades. Doesn't matter if the sprout is well-watered. Doesn't matter if you put compost in the soil. The mower doesn't give a shit about compost. The mower is like an AR-15...it erases all good intentions.

You put your kids in school because you want them to learn. You want them to learn to be around other people. Some of them, you just can't reach. Then you have what we have come to know as a routine: kids die, politicians lie - thoughts and prayers never put anyone's intestines back in their stomach.

You can plant your kids in deep soil, coddle them in kindergarten and teach them to love one another, but you have to hope that one of those kids doesn't live in a house with a bunch of lawnmowers. They are sponges. They'll cut you down at the stalk, and you will be a memory.

Grow your kids at home? Maybe. Maybe they need to be around other people. Maybe learning to deal with society is the most important part?

You just got to hope that no one perforates your kids with lethal projectiles while they are trying to learn. Teach them to be afraid, always ready - to never let their guard down - anxiety IS survival. Think of it as bug spray...

You gotta keep the pests away.