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Parents should offer reassurance and protect children from details, both by keeping answers simple and by monitoring the media they are exposed to, adds Rende, an associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University . That means answering questions directly, without unnecessary detail, and monitoring their children’s media consumption in the days leading up to the anniversary [can help parents talk to their kids about 9/11]. In addition....
How to talk to kids about 9-11 from Brown PAUR on Vimeo .
Read MoreAs with any difficult or controversial topic,from abortion to terrorism,parents need to adjust their conversation on these topics to the emotional age and maturity of the child. Of course sheltering them and trying to hide the facts are not the way to deal with difficult topics;as parents we should always be honest and reassuring without being overly graphic or creating fear. How do you deal with this topic with your children and at what age did you start discussing it? ©2008-2011 Patricia Garza
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It's been ten years since the US was attacked by Saudi Arabian suicide bombers who hijacked two commercial airliners and crashed them into the World Trade Center in NYC,and hijacked another plane which hit the Pentagon and a fourth plane, which was believed aimed at the Capitol building in DC or the White House, but instead was overpowered by alert&brave passengers who prevented the crash on DC. Thanks to those passengers Flight 93 crashed in a field in Shanksville,PA. Thanks to the bravery of those passengers, lead by Todd Beamer,known for his heroic chant, "Let's Roll", and several others a fourth tragedy was prevented from taking more innocent lives on the ground than those on the plane. Sadly, the loss of those 40 passengers was unavoidable, but it is immeasurable to know how many lives they saved. In the end nearly 3,000 men,women,children and at least one unborn child were killed and became victims of one of the most horrific attacks on our country since Pearl Harbor.In Rememberence of those who sacrificed their lives and those who lost lives and their families: