tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699419008460778736.post1035229122544277229..comments2023-07-01T02:19:29.248-07:00Comments on Losing My Gut While Gaining my INSANITY!!: A-Z Blogging Challenge - The News and how it Affects Our Children!!! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16149186891188677587noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699419008460778736.post-29766318784678541902013-04-16T21:59:00.707-07:002013-04-16T21:59:00.707-07:00I'm glad your children don't have to know ...I'm glad your children don't have to know about these things yet! My son was in first grade when 9/11 happened. We had the tv on listening to the morning news when the planes crashed into the World Trade Centers. I took him to school that morning not knowing what was happening to our country, but I wanted him to go about routine. When I picked him up after school he said, "Mom, there are terrorists"". That was the first time he had ever heard or spoken that word. Too bad, it has become a part of our everyday language.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16149186891188677587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699419008460778736.post-32707238916356603102013-04-16T21:11:14.865-07:002013-04-16T21:11:14.865-07:00Bad things have always happened, you are right. I ...Bad things have always happened, you are right. I didn't talk much to my kids about yesterday's tragedy; they are young and I don't have the news on at home much, if ever. I did talk to my son about the Newtown shootings because he heard something on the radio that day before we even knew what was going on; my husband was driving him home from school and hadn't heard the news yet. So we did talk to him so he could understand what he had heard. I'm glad I didn't have kids yet on 9/11, that must have been very hard. I was a high school teacher at the time and was in my classroom with kids watching it all unfold on TV. That was a horrible day to be with kids. It was very difficult. Kids need reassurance and support but sometimes it's hard to offer it when we feel unsure and scared ourselves.Jennifer Hayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685253944514672324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699419008460778736.post-42608172514239737022013-04-16T12:52:12.667-07:002013-04-16T12:52:12.667-07:00It is hard to explain to kids why things like the ...It is hard to explain to kids why things like the Boston bombing happen. The hardest to talk about with the kids was the Connecticut shooting, but we made a point to find out how the kids were taking it and what they were thinking, without talking about it so much that we terrified them. It is a balancing act.<br /><br />I don't believe there were ever any good old days when horrible people did not exist. There are just more weapons available to them now, and faster ways to spread the story.Stained Glass Butterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08990646723410742552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699419008460778736.post-18053993263340660792013-04-16T08:59:17.075-07:002013-04-16T08:59:17.075-07:00What a tragedy. My thoughts and prayers join with...What a tragedy. My thoughts and prayers join with yours and those of others. <br /><br />You are right, though, that we need to reassure our children (and parents!) and make our homes places of refuge. Kristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136276061114462192noreply@blogger.com