Her son was killed in a school shooting, and now she teaches forgiveness to kids.

December 14 marked the 10-year anniversary of the horrific Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, when 20-year-old Adam Lanza killed 20 elementary school children and six educators

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On that day, Scarlett learned that her son Jesse had stood up to the shooter and heroically shouted at his classmates to flee right before he lost his life. As she, her community, and the nation struggled in the aftermath, Scarlett felt that to keep going and be a parent to her surviving son, she'd need to forgive. She dug into the background of the shooter, learning that he'd been a troubled and bullied former student of the school. "I was not popular. I said that there were 28 victims, and I included Adam and his mom," says Scarlett. "I felt c