As you all know today is September 11th, I was just wondering...... Are you guys going to talk to your kids about today and why it is important? I was watching the news this morning and they were having a memorial service which made me think.... They are trying to have a Gay Day in our schools, but are they going to have a day to remember what our country is fighting for? Or the men and women that die to protect it?
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I just talked about it very briefly with Kendall. We wre driving to the store and there were a few flags flying at half mass and she asked why. I told her that sometimes when someone dies we fly the flag that way to help us remember them and show our respect. She asked who died and I said a few years ago a lot of people died. Then she said they were probably doing it to think of Corban too. It was cute. I think she has a pretty good grasp of death compared to other kids her age, otherwise I doubt I would've talked about it with her.
Not this year, I don't think it would mean much to them. But it is definitely a major part of our history and in the future it will be discussed.
So Kami came home from school yesterday early because she wasn't feeling well, but she did not say anything about the day being special, or even talking about it at school. They may have talked about it after she left, but they might not have. She is in second grade, is it too early to discuss in class?
I don't think they talked about it in our kids' schools, but Collin did talk about it with them a little. I want my children to be aware of events like that, but they are super sensitive and get freaked out easily. It is probably genetic because I am so paranoid. Anyway, once Aidan watched part of the movie Zulu at a friend's house and was convinced for a few weeks that African warriors were going to kill him in his bed (I haven't seen the movie, but I think it is anti-English). At the time we lived in England. Another time I had to have some blood drawn and Aidan asked me why I had a cotton ball taped to my arm and I told him and he swooned and curled up in a ball and started crying and saying he hoped it never happened to him. So I guess I shelter my kids a little from huge horrible events. I don't want them looking up at the sky in fear as I did on the real 9/11. For a few hours I was terrified that enemy soldiers might start coming down the hill into our neighborhood.
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