Moms Talk: Talking to our kids about Bin Laden and 9/11

There have been so many comments made since Sunday night’s announcement of the killing of Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people on American soil, by U.S. Forces. Many people are celebrating the victory, feeling patriotic, and rallying around our President and our troops like we’ve not seen in awhile. Some people are worried about retaliation.

We shouldn’t think our kids are unaware. Kids as young as seven and eight know what happened. Younger children absorb what is around them, and everyone seems to be talking about it at school, at work, on radio and television.  Teens are affected too. Some of them remember the nightmare that was 9/11, remembering mostly how everyone around them was either crying or terrified.

Today on Moms Talk, what advice can we offer each other, as parents, on how to talk to our kids about what has happened? This is what we do here at Moms Talk each Wednesday. We come together, parent to parent, and help each other out with comments and questions.  

It must be confusing to some of our kids to see streets filled with people celebrating someone’s death. Perhaps it is as simple as the good guys vs. the bad guys.  Do we bring it up at all, and if so, how?