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bluestateguy

(44,173 posts) Sat Dec 15, 2012, 03:35 PM Dec 2012

How have you DU parents explained all of this to your children?

I guess if you had a small enough child you could shield them from the news all together, but that gets harder the older they get. I don't have kids, so I don't really have to deal with this.

I actually started watching the news on my own when I was 9, and I saw a lot of things on the news that really freaked me out: one that I remember well was the TWA hijacking in 1985; also the Challenger blowing up and the Lockerbie bombing.

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How have you DU parents explained all of this to your children? (Original Post) bluestateguy Dec 2012 OP

Mine are almost 13 and 15. Haven't discussed it at all. GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #1

Mom, Dad, and all the grandparents are shielding our little 6-yr-old grandchild. No need to even Nay Dec 2012 #2

GreenPartyVoter

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1. Mine are almost 13 and 15. Haven't discussed it at all.

Reply to bluestateguy (Original post)

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 03:35 PM

Dec 2012

Nay

(12,051 posts)

2. Mom, Dad, and all the grandparents are shielding our little 6-yr-old grandchild. No need to even