How to Talk to Your Children About Tragedy

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  We were at an early dinner last night when our kids caught a glimpse of the videos taken today when the bombing happened at the Boston Marathon. This was the first time the kids really associated themselves with targets of such senseless hate. Our children are aware of tragedies going on in the world, but I think this is the first time it really clicked as a reality for them. It was sad, but also a reminder that they are growing up and it was time to talk more in-depth about fear, … [Read more...]

American Tragedy

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No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.                                   ― C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed Federal Building, Los Angeles on July 20, 2012  It makes me think of this poem about escapism:  Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild With a faery, hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than you can … [Read more...]