2006-08-17 07:20:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Loosing 2 family members that day, having to "explain" it to my cousins young children WASN'T the hard part because of the fact they were "informed" in school.
Having to tell them that their parents died there WASN'T the hardest thing to do.
Helping them continuously year after year to deal with their grief, anxiety, nightmares, depression, fear and trying to teach them to forgive is one of the hardest things to do. Because of the fact they will always remember. People make movies, and people want to say this and say that. Blame this person and that person.
As they continue to grow in life and do things like graduate pre-school, and high school, and...all of the "things" in life where you really need or want your parent....all they are left with is loss. Loosing 1 parent is hard on kids and teens, but loosing both the same day, the same time, the same place, the same way for kids is way to much for most even..most adults to handle.
Do we encourage or teach them to hate the people who did that...no of course not. We teach them to forgive them and pray for them. Everyone has to answer to God for what they do.
So we don't focus on "the event", we focus on helping them to continue to live the very best they can, and with the fullest joy that they can.
Blessings To All Of The Victims & Families Affected
2006-08-17 07:42:39 · answer #1 · answered by Pastors Wife 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I told my son the truth. Some radical and mentally ill people choose to kill themselves and others believing their God wants them to in the name of their religion. I also made sure to tell him that although the terrorists are Muslims, Muslims are not terrorists and their mainstream religion does not instruct them in any way to kill themselves or others. I've also explained to him how the world views the United States and why in brief sentences and how despite what the US government does around the world, the citizens of that country are still innocent people living their lives much the same as here in Canada and around the western world. He was five years old at the time, now that he is almost ten, he got more interested again this year and I explained it recently.
I've also discussed the holocaust in some length with him although it is hard for a child to grasp such numbers as 'millions' of people being killed. I don't think it grabs them so awfully, they just can't concieve it. I read the Diary of Anne Frank myself when I was about his age (nine or ten) and i remember being bored by the war stuff and more interested in her feelings for her male roommate... that is how kids are. In short, I would tell the truth but keep it simple language and concept wise.
2006-08-17 07:32:15 · answer #2 · answered by mishel24 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I spent thepersistent to artwork listening to the ceremonies on the radio, which comprise the 1st 2nd of silence. i could no longer stop thinking approximately that day, how I first heard, my spouse strolling from her place of work to the place I worked, how they ultimately closed the branch and enable all and sundry bypass, how I observed that cloud of smoke from downtown, how we could no longer get residing house till they began working the trains returned. i will on no account forget approximately that day.
2016-10-02 05:08:34 · answer #3 · answered by chauarria 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I won't. My children are now in their thirties and can explain it to themselves
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2006-08-17 07:26:59 · answer #4 · answered by jaxwizz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't. It doesn't make sense to get all worked up over things beyond your control that have little impact on you.
2006-08-17 07:27:10 · answer #5 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋