What to tell kids about the Disaster

[Guest guest]

We don't get a newspaper, don't get good radio reception here in this

valley, and only get PBS on the TV -- with some interference. So my

son wasn't bombarded with much of yesterday's disasters. But my

parents and sisters are spread out in the northeast (we're in

Kentucky) including a sister in DC and a close cousin in Manhatten,

so I was trying to keep up with what was going on. My son did see a

plane run in to the world trade center building with a big fire, and

he thought that was kind of cool. I tried to explain very generally

that a lot of people were upset about this, but generally my husband

and I did internet news checks while he wasn't around, and we didn't

talk to him much about it. I figured at four, he wouldn't understand

much, and he gets nightmares from a flash of light, let alone

something of this magnitude. What are you all telling your kids? I

know he's going to be exposed to it all through our weekly

activities, and I don't know what to share.

D