How do you handle your kids’ friends’ parents involved in scandals/negative news?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Larlo's parents are having a rough time."

+1

But also, OP, why expose your preschooler to this stuff? They're so young.

[Anonymous]

A preschool child should not be exposed to the news.

[Anonymous]

You invited a cop who beat someone up over to your house?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You invited a cop who beat someone up over to your house?

Yeah, that seems really odd to me. Also seems odd to invite people in this situation over for coffee period. Unless OP is a criminal defense lawyer or a PR person it seems like they probably want their privacy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You invited a cop who beat someone up over to your house?

Yeah, that seems really odd to me. Also seems odd to invite people in this situation over for coffee period. Unless OP is a criminal defense lawyer or a PR person it seems like they probably want their privacy.

Yep, OP seems nosey.

[Anonymous]

I am a preschool teacher and most of my kids know their last names and their classmates. I can’t say if they’ll recognize ok radio or tv. Sounds far fetched. Anyway, I think it is possible op’s child recognized the names or I call troll as well

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A preschool child should not be exposed to the news.

Not OP, but I don’t get this. We take turns in the car listening to stuff, and when it’s the parents’ turns, we often pick NPR. My almost 4-year-old hears the news fairly frequently. I turn it off if I think it’s a bit overwhelming of a topic for her (like a school shooting, sexual assault, etc), but she hears the news. I suspect she generally tunes it out, but sometimes she does pick up on a word and then asks me about it. (Like she’ll hear a report is about Colorado and mentions the time we went there.)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A preschool child should not be exposed to the news.

Not OP, but I don’t get this. We take turns in the car listening to stuff, and when it’s the parents’ turns, we often pick NPR. My almost 4-year-old hears the news fairly frequently. I turn it off if I think it’s a bit overwhelming of a topic for her (like a school shooting, sexual assault, etc), but she hears the news. I suspect she generally tunes it out, but sometimes she does pick up on a word and then asks me about it. (Like she’ll hear a report is about Colorado and mentions the time we went there.)

Don't listen to NPR with your preschooler or young grade school child.

[Anonymous]

A) why would someone make this up? If it is a troll, it’s a pretty dumb attempt at trolling
B) my 4 year old would definitely recognize his preschool classmates’ parents by name or by their picture certainly
C) I wouldn’t be watching or listening to the news with my young kids

[Anonymous]

Young children are not going to get the concept of fraud or any other white collar crime. There appear to be adults who struggle with the concept. I wouldn't even try to explain this stuff to a preschooler.

Also, young kids shouldn't be watching scary stuff on the news about police brutality. It's a shame your child was exposed to that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A preschool child should not be exposed to the news.

Agreed.

Sometimes I don't even want to be exposed to that sh..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Young children are not going to get the concept of fraud or any other white collar crime. There appear to be adults who struggle with the concept. I wouldn't even try to explain this stuff to a preschooler.

Also, young kids shouldn't be watching scary stuff on the news about police brutality. It's a shame your child was exposed to that.

Eh, I do white-collar work, and I tell my kids that someone was accused of lying and stealing. It's not that complicated.

[Anonymous]

Little kids shouldn’t be listening to or watching adult news programs. I even turn off NPR if my 7-year old is in the car. Little kids have enough stress from growing, learning to potty, learning to get along with friends, adjusting to new teachers and coaches each year, school work, trying new activities, etc. Adult issues are way too much, and they can’t put it in context at a young age.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not buying that your preschool kid picked up on news about a classmate.

Tttttttrrrrrrrrroooolllllllll

Really? My kid absolutely knows her classmates' last names, and the names of her friends' parents. I can easily imagine her hearing a news story about one of them and recognizing the name.

+1

[Anonymous]

Younger kids don't tend to pick up on these things.