I am finding again and again that it's worth getting out in front of the world on this stuff. If I've briefed my kids, they have facts and a way of coping. If they hear something at school or camp, they have whatever their peers or teachers gave them, and possibly not enough information to devise their own coping strategies without my help.

We found that discussion of 9/11 started in kindergarten in our elementary school. Didn't leave me much time to get out in front, but I have since learned to.

DeeDee

ETA: And I do try to give enough facts that what others say can be slotted into my story. I do tell about the airplanes, much in the manner of OldDad above in this thread.

Last edited by DeeDee; 09/11/12 08:12 AM.