Helping Kids Cope with Terrorism
View of Boston Skyline from Cambridge Upon returning from a peaceful kayaking trip along the Charles River yesterday, I learned the news of the Boston Marathon bombings . Of course I was glued to the coverage, which at the time, was a recounting of events: "There were two explosions which resulted in horrific injuries." "Two dead, twenty injured" "People being treated in the Marathon Medical Tent." The television stayed on for hours and I fired up Twitter, as I tried to make sense of what happened. Being on Spring break my mind did not immediately go to that of my students...until this morning . Several of the victims of this tragedy were children with an 8 year old boy losing his life! NOW, I'm thinking of my kiddos! How do you explain this to them? This is not a natural event that they can easily be 'reassured'. This is something that robs children of their sense of security. I watched this video taken by a news reporter's wife w...