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Reply to "Are you going to tell your 7 year old about the Sandy Hook shootings?"
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[quote=Bog17]I have a 7 year old who seems fairly well balanced. I would not describe him as inherently anxious. Should I tell him about the Sandy Hook atrocity? Someone posted this question with respect to a 4 year old and was almost uniformly told not to discuss the incident with the child. But, a 7 year old is more likely to receive the news from a third party at school and pay attention to it. I mean, kids that age read newspapers, watch TV, overhear conversations, get pieces of information from older siblings and parents. They'll disseminate the news among their friends at school. This is an unprecedented incident and I think it's going to be hard to keep school aged children in the dark about it. Isn't it better for a 7 year old's parents to get the news directly from his parents? It seems like he will be more anxious if he hears it from a friend and doesn't know what to make of it. [/quote]
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