On Monday evening, my children came home from school and asked me if I had heard what had happened in Connecticut on Friday. I had hoped that they wouldn’t hear the details of the story, but realized that they had heard plenty from their friends, so I took the opportunity to have a discussion, answer their questions, and allay their concerns. The next morning as we were walking into school, one of my children asked me if there are similar murderers living in Massachusetts.
I looked at him and realized his young and innocent mind was thinking about the tragedy in the context of his own little world and was innocently wondering about his own safety and school. I made sure that we had another discussion before he went into class… Read More »