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Tragedy 3

Talking to Our Kids about World Tragedies

In a world where we are often surrounded by scary, sad news stories it’s hard to completely protect our kids from seeing these stories. Children are intuitive; they overhear us in the other room, they pick up on our emotions, they overhear us talking when we’re sure we’re out of earshot, they hear people outside of the home talking. They will almost always find out what’s going on. The question becomes how do we help them understand and cope without … Keep Reading!!!

How to Talk to Your Children About Tragedy

 

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 … Keep Reading!!!

American Tragedy

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 understand.

                                                       ― William Butler Yeats

 

 

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