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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't plan to tell my almost 7yo, and maybe I'm being naive, but I don't expect it to be a major topic of conversation.  [/quote]

I agree.  I am not going to tell my 7 yo either.  If my parents told me about every tragedy that happened during my childhood, I would probably be a basket case right now.[/quote]

Exactly.  I didn't tell either of our kids, ages 7 and 9.  And they didn't hear about it from school.  Newspapers -- I've been hiding the front section and the metro section.  TV -- they are only allowed on kids' channels, and I don't watch in front of them.

And school -- I was so relieved when the school sent an email out saying that they WEREN't going to say anthing, and that MANY parents had emailed asking for them not to talk about it.  AND they said that if your kid knows about it, TO NOT TALK ABOUT IT TO OTHER KIDS.  This is a public school.

REally, do we tell them every time a kid is kidnapped, etc.?  No.  So why tell them this?[/quote]

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