A parent has shared her dismay at seeing an ominous “lockdown” nursery rhyme in her child’s kindergarten class which gives instructions on what to do in the event of an active shooter.
“This should not be hanging in my soon-to-be-kindergartener’s classroom,” wrote Georgy Cohen, a Massachusetts mom, about a seemingly innocent nursery rhyme taped to the wall of her child’s new school.
Upon closer inspection, the eerie lyrics are actually a set of instructions for children to follow in the event of an active shooter situation, apparently set to the tune of ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star’.
Lockdown drills for children are already common place in nursery schools across in the US. Cohen wrote that her child was “excited” by the “game to see if you can stay quiet for ‘one whole minute’”.
Beneath the post another Twitter user shared the impact heightened school security measures are having on her daughters:
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