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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Assistant managing editor Dan Goodgame, who led our team, is the father of three schoolkids and the husband of a teacher, and he was sympathetic to the concerns of the survivors and others in the community. "Family after family told us what they wanted most was to know everything about what happened and why, so that the deaths would have some meaning and might help others stop such things," he says. "What we have uncovered is far more than any of them have been told. While they won't be happy to see the killers back in the news, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Went Back To Columbine | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...picture--of a wartime execution, a brutality, a kid with a gun--along with an analysis of the tale behind it serves to focus our eyes on things we would prefer to ignore but instead should try to understand. I think it is worth the pain if it forces us to confront the issues of guns and violence and hidden anger in our schools, communities and families...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Went Back To Columbine | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...much about kids seeking glory as it is about grownups not looking and seeing, about people who preferred to sugarcoat rather than confront reality. We're likely to get letters from people saying they had to hide the issue from their children. I understand. Some of us may be hiding it from our own little kids as well. But I don't think we should hide the shocking images and stories from ourselves. The concept of a kid in a school cafeteria with a gun is one that should disquiet us...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Went Back To Columbine | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

Fortunately for parents, most kids build their lives around friendships and understand sharing in a way that many grownups have forgotten. The holidays are an ideal time for all of us to remember what we receive by giving--not just to friends and relatives but also to those less fortunate. Many churches and charities put up "angel trees," where a child can donate a gift earmarked for a specific needy kid. Your child will have good ideas about what a kid his age would want; let him choose and wrap a gift to donate. In lieu of a teacher gift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buy a Buffalo! | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...family's desire to scale back our holiday spending has inspired us to give more homemade presents, resulting in some lumpy knitting projects and a baking experiment that sent the family cat to the emergency room. (He ate the ingredients...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buy a Buffalo! | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

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