Lyn Goodnight

> >From: KSeebose@...
> I'm sensing indifference from my 7 year
> >old, at just the beginning of my research..

I have an 8 yo daughter, and She cannot handle anything that has a lot of
"real-life" killing. In other words, if it's in a video game or a cartoon, it's
pretend. If it's "Saving Private Ryan," it's real people, and she can't bear it.
The indifference you sense may be real fear of learning about something so
horrible. I think I must have been 10 or 11 before I even really understood the
Diary of Anne Frank, and more years after that before I realized what kind of
horrors really occurred. I'm 44 years old, and still cringe when I see
"Schindler's List," -- the very thought that human could do that to human makes
my blood run cold -- and the fact that systemaatic slaughter based on race is
still happening in the world makes it even more chilling.

I would suggest that you save your research results for when your children are a
little older, and in the meantime, do a theme study on something a little less
frightening. Or if you are really determined to use this theme, search out some
of the fiction books about children who lived during those times, and keep
things very basic. Hiding in an attic in Amsterdam is a lot less frightening than
going to the gas chambers at Auschwitz. Or maybe switch your emphasis to how
children in the US viewed the "Home Front" during World War II (the Molly books
of the American Girls series are set in this time frame).

Good luck with your research, and when you're done, perhaps you'd share some
websites with us?

~~Butterflye~~

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Perhaps if you look at the main message you feel is most important to you
about the holocaust. Can you apply that to a situation she has interest in or
can relate to? You can still have her learn the moral or gain the character
without exposing her to information she is not currently interested in. Just
a thought, since it does seem important to you.
Lori

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All the thoughts are good ones... :-) I think I like the reference to the
Sound of Music -- great movie, GREAT music (I'm a music geek at heart..) and
just enough of a reference I think for a 7 year old... It's funny... I've
avoided telling her more than she needs about sex because I heard you should
only answer to the questions that the ask. (Where does a baby come from?
... A mommy's uterus... etc. Not the long involved answer about ovulation
predictor test, too much wine, etc. :-)

Thanks for your thoughts...
kathie