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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was planning to introduce this event to my kids eventually, but got a bit blind sided when they went over it in 4th grade with  my 9 year old today.  Her teacher sent an email with youtube videos they watched.  I am glad that she notified us, but wish I had known before so that I could have covered it first. Have you told your 9 year old about 9/11?  This is FCPS. [/quote]

My kid knew what was going on the day it happened. He was 7 at the time. He had the usual questions, i.e. "will our house get hit, will my school get hit" and understood that bad men did this, but not much else.

Kids need to know, ask questions, and process it in their own way. It is CRITICAL that opinion doesn't get mixed in with the facts. I would absolutely come down on any teacher that brought opinion into it.[/quote]

It's a little different for kids now than kids who saw it happen.

That said, I think 7-9 is the right time to introduce significant historical and world events like this.[/quote]

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