Did you know that in North Dakota, it can cost $225,000.00 to have a child in a psychiatric residential treatment facility (prtf) for one year? Seriously. This cost doesn’t include medical services. It doesn’t include clothing. Pretty incredible isn’t it? In the coming weeks, Fighting for Answers will be checking with facilities in other states to see what comparable costs are. Stay tuned for more information. Tweet #fighting4answrs
Last week we didn’t get to see David because two of us were sick. This week, I am still not feeling well, but we went anyway. He was in a mood. Not sure why. He wanted to play basketball, and I couldn’t. He wanted to play badmiton, and I couldn’t. Part of it was because the other residents were in the gym. To me there is an expectation of privacy. I shouldn’t be part of their world directly because I am not staff. Just like they shouldn’t be part of mine. Regardless, unless staff tells me it is okay, I am not actively participating in activities with kids I don’t know. And even if I had the okay, not sure how comfortable I would be. So David was in a mood. Refused to eat. Didn’t want to cooperate. Asked every five minutes what time it was. He also talked about
I can’t fathom what people who are involved in these mass shootings are dealing with. In truth, I pray that I never know that feeling. That I never join the gun violence club. What makes these people so angry that they would walk into an area and start shooting people? I don’t know what the solution is, but if history shows us anything, simply outlawing firearms isn’t the answer. Look at what happened during Prohibition. If people want the guns, they will get them. During Prohibition, people wanted alcohol. And for the most part the average law abiding citizen followed the law. But those who wanted the alcohol found a loophole or two to get what they wanted, didn’t they? I am not saying that alcohol and firearms are the same thing. News reports state that most of the weapons used in the attack in California were purchased legally. Doesn’t