Toying With Children’s Emotions About Death
Simple Justice: When I first read this post by Dallas criminal defense lawyer Robert Guest, it evoked a huge shrug. Since I’m not a DWI lawyer, the word MADD alone doesn’t cause me to have convulsions. But the heart of the matter, as explained in Radley Balko’s Agitator post, struck me as not being such a terrible idea.
Many juniors and seniors were driven to tears – a few to near hysterics – May 26 when a uniformed police officer arrived in several classrooms to notify them that a fellow student had been killed in a drunken-driving accident.
The officer read a brief eulogy, placed a rose on the deceased student’s seat, then left the class members to process their thoughts and emotions for the next hour.
The program, titled “Every 15 Minutes,” was designed by Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Its title refers to the frequency in which a person…