After the alarm due to a possible drone at one of the schools in Latvia, a 13-year-old girl wrote to her mom: "If something happens - I’d better say it right away - I love you." This dialogue touched people and reminded how much children need support in these unsettling times.
A resident of Latvia, Inese, shared a conversation with her 13-year-old daughter on social media, who was at school at the time the alarm was announced due to a possible drone sighting in the airspace. The post elicited a strong emotional response from readers.
"Yesterday everyone was discussing the drone. But did you manage to tell each other that you love one another? In short - a conversation with my 13-year-old little girl. Apparently, I did teach her something in life," Inese wrote.
In the messages, the girl confesses to her mother that she is scared. She explains that the alarm went off simultaneously throughout the school, students were instructed to close the windows, and someone mentioned that the threat might be related to Russia.
"Mommy, I’m scared," the schoolgirl writes. "If something happens, I will tell you right away. I love you." Later, the girl adds: "That’s if we suddenly never see each other again."
The mother tries to calm her daughter, responds that she loves her "to the moon and back," and maintains a warm conversation despite the alarming situation.
In the comments, many admitted that they could not read the conversation without tears.
"I’m sitting in the car and crying… This is endlessly sweet. But when you realize that a child writes such things - it’s scary to imagine what is happening inside them," one user wrote.
Others noted that such alarms are perceived much more acutely by children than by adults. "A child doesn’t have our adult thoughts - 'nothing will happen,' 'it’s nonsense.' For them, the adults they trust have reported that there is danger. Of course, they will be scared," one commenter wrote.
Many discussed how important psychological support is in schools after such incidents. "Does anyone talk to the children at school afterward? It’s terrible that they have to experience such things," one woman wondered. Some parents shared that their children experienced panic after the alarms. "When I came to pick up my daughter from school, she had a panic attack after the alarm. At that moment, a school psychologist would have been really needed," one mother shared.
At the same time, other users noted that open conversations with children help them cope with stress more easily. "We explained to the children in advance how to act in case of an alarm, so they understood the situation and panicked less," one mother wrote.
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