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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I truly don't understand this.

It's great to do a good deed.  How does paying for a stranger's food -- especially a random person, someone who may not need your help, reflect the tragedy of 9/11?

Teach your children that 9/11 was a tragedy in which people lost their lives, and have a moment of silent solemn reflection.  Don't trivialize it.[/quote]

Maybe think about the awful chain of events that 9/11 set forward - so many lives lost at home, but also innocently abroad. Teach your child compassion, how to deal with conflict healthily, history, and to do good deeds always and every day if they can (and without expecting anything in return). I don't really understand what buying someone's lunch for a day will do, or how it connects to 9/11.

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I don't really understand commemorating 9/11 at all.  It was a terrible crime that ultimately resulted in a lot of other terrible things--wars, torture, loss of civil liberties, etc.  We might take a minute to think about what happened and what we learned from events, but it's not something to celebrate or dwell on.  [/quote]

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