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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can anyone think of something to do that will make this more "real" to the kids than a memorial by the side of the road?  What can one possibly do to have this terrible accident serve as a deterrent to other kids? other parents who condone drinking? Is there anything?[/quote]

Our DD is too young to understand yet (she's 2), but once she gets old enough to understand, I plan to take her to the site every time there is a crash like this (sadly, seems to happen at least once a year) so it will sink in with her. The fire department posted photos on twitter of the mangled car, and I'd pull that up and show it to her also. I think being at the location helps for it to sink in.
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Please be careful not to overdo it. One is enough. And she'll come across them naturally. You don't want to numb her to it, or give her some weird attraction to it. Teenage brains process things differently. Like the article about the Bethesda mom whose son overdosed from heroin. She was in the pharmaceutical industry, and her son had been taught from a young age about the disastrous effects of addiction and how it can start with pain-killers. And he went exactly down that path anyway. I'm not saying it was caused by his exposure, but it clearly wasn't a preventative. And that stuff, brutal exposure to the accidents, that can be traumatic for sensitive children in ways you don't intend.[/quote]

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