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Flight 800, the Olympic bombing--bad news can traumatize a young child. How do you reassure your kids after an act of terrorism? Is it OK to let them watch the nightly news, or should we filter the information and temper its effect? Get Marguerite Kelly's opinion, or share your thoughts.
Cathy Pearson from uni.edu at Tuesday, Jul. 30, 1996, 12:29pm ET
As much as we would like to we do our children a disservice by limiting or buffering the truth. As opposed to having them feeling depressed behind things they have no control over. I believe it is more important to bridge these things with my religious beliefs. The should understand we all have limited time on this planet. There is a prescribed time for us all to depart from the living. There is no choice. There is choice in living a good, productive and full life. This way if our life is cut short and least we know we have lived it. If my ticket expires on July 30, 1996 how I go becomes so insignificant.