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[quote=Anonymous]My child is in 3rd grade. Beginning when he was about 4, I started discussing it with him. I took a very high-level approach to it - similar to what the PP with the first grader said her child was told. "People who hated America and our freedoms crashed planes into buildings. Innocent people died. It was very sad and scary." I didn't mention the Pentagon to him (which he knows about) as I lost a friend there and couldn't really keep my composure.

Two years ago, he came home with a book from the school's media center called "The 10 Events that Changed the World Forever." 9/11 was one of the events. So we had more and more discussions. He knows that it was more than just the WTC - he knows about flight 93 and the Pentagon. He now knows about my friend. I don't think he fully understands it all on an emotional level, but he is quite aware of many facts.

I did not ask him last night what they did, if anything. (I know he had a reading quiz as he was proud of his score.) I don't think it is really appropriate for an ES to bring up / teach about, esp. since only a few of the 5th graders were even alive when the attacks happened. And those 5th graders would have been babies... (Our school does not have 6th grade.)

Showing 1st graders images is just so wrong. And yes, ask the teacher.

I think high schools having a moment of silence is fine.

So... anyway... I think for younger kids, it is a parent teaching moment, not a school-teaching moment.

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