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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These replies are insane. Kids do not need to know this stuff. I would let it go with your mom- not a big deal in the grand scheme. But do not go out of your way to teach your kids about the horrors of the world or age inappropriate things! Do you guys show them porn and smoke around them bc they are going to get exposed to it anyway when they are older?[/quote]

You are the insane one. [/quote]

+1. Unless you hide your kids under a rock, they could very well see a cover of TIME or a newspaper in the pediatric dentist's office with a 9/11 cover. Or an image of the Holocaust. Etc.

Kids do, indeed, need to know about this stuff. In part so that it doesn't happen again. I'm glad that my parents taught me, in age-appropriate ways, about D-Day, WWII, the Holocaust, etc.

Even if you try to sing-song your way through childhood, the Challenger can still blow up while you're watching the happy event of a teacher going to space in school. Ask me how I know. 
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And you know what? When the Challenger blew up as we watched, our teachers and our parents talked to us about it. It was tragic, and horrible, but we talked through the fact that...sometimes life is tragic and horrible. And we also talked about bravery and heroism.[/quote][/b]

This. On 9-11 this year I talked to my young kids about the attacks and sad things that happened, but also about all of the acts of heroism that show how good can triumph over bad- the people on flight 93 who prevented another building from being hit, the firefighters who went into burning buildings to save life’s and how the country came together in the aftermath.[/quote]

+1. When I talked to my daughter a few days ago to prepare her for the fact that they might talk about it in school, or she might hear or see something elsewhere, we talked a lot about the beautiful and brave things that happened. She didn't cry until I told her that flight 93 ran into the ground instead of the Capitol or the White House because the good people on that flight worked together to save those buildings and the people inside those buildings.

I also showed her the monuments and demonstrations of love and support from all over the world--like the beautiful teardrop statue that was a gift from Russia. And the new memorial in NYC. And the phone calls and letters from the presidents and leaders of other countries that came pouring in. And the UK playing the U.S. national anthem during the changing of the guard the other day.

We talked about how not only soldiers and police officers and fire fighters are heroes--we can all be heroes, and we can all do good. [/quote]

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