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Date Posted: 01:28:18 04/05/03 Sat
Author: indigo9
Subject: I'd probably fall into the camp of "shielding" my kids....
In reply to: mistyeyed2001 's message, "I understand the concept of this, but it really bothers me" on 03:19:02 04/04/03 Fri

....from some things anyway. When 9/11 happened, my older child was only 6, and she in no way had the perspective or life experience to process what happened to there. She never saw a single image of the twin towers falling, and I explained it in very simple terms. She processed the information through playing with friends as well, and I was able to be pretty close by to help her with that.

So I think that from that experience, I'd fall into the camp of "shielding and protecting" my kids from things that I don't think they are mature enough to handle. As long as they don't have a NEED to handle them. If we had lived closer, or knew people involved, then she would have had to have understood more, and I would have made sure that she did.

OK. All that said, I'd have no problem with that little memorial blurb on the end of a children's video. It's not graphic, and all I would have to say was, "They are remembering a fireman who died helping people." No problem. If the term 9/11 had meaning for my child I'd say, "They are remember a fireman who died helping people on 9/11."

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