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> I remember either reading, or hearing on TV a mom saying that her 5yo saw
> the 911 clips and said 'how cool!' so she was upset and preceeded to tell
> him of all the kids that lost their parents and the tragedy behind it etc.
>
> This sounded wrong, IMNSHO, for the reasons that this child didn't need
> to know this. He didn't need to bring it into his world YET. I felt very
> sad for that child.
>
>
My 3 kids reacted differnetly to it.....My 8 yr old son knew it was real but
did not imagine the scope of the loss til he saw more the following days. My
5 yr old tiwns: BOY: HOW COOL??????neeeeeeeeowwwww plane sounds followed.
Girl : MOOOOM!!! twirling around the living room. We SAAAW this before. I was
glad for their innocence. As time progressed, she noticed flags everywhere
and on cars esp. and commented everytime: Those are for the people who died
when the plane hit the bldg. It seemed to me that was the most horrific thing
they've ever seen adn they let it in slowly as they could handle it and
reason it out. Im sure its still surreal to them as it was to me..........for
a very long time. THanks everyone for your tv opinions. I do guide the 5 yr
olds in tv watching becasue of their reasoning. I guess im wondering about
their older years and even though we dont have MUCH shoot em up games on
computer, some are. SO that subconscious thing is a valid point. Denise


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> I have a different view point on this, I think that each child should be
> 'looked' (for lack of of a better word) at individually. My youngest
> couldn't handle seeing something such as 9/11 or even Monsters Inc., he is
> just sensitive and gets scared easily. My older son however has seen
> things, such as Star Wars or 9/11 and is able to process the information in
> a different way. He talks through a lot of things. He to this day still
> talks about the fire we had over a year ago, they are just different. For
> us, it would have felt wrong to not let him know the truth (instead of him
> just seeing that his mommy was upset and not knowing why).
>
>



I agree with you very much here..the kids that can reason, the kids that can
talk ! THANK GOODNESS!!!! ~Denise


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> When we first started, our challenge in the largely Fundamentalist Christian
>
> School at Home Community was when they discovered we were a Lesbian
> Moms/Unschooling/Unitarian Universalist family.
> Damn! You KNOW they were afraid Satan was just gonna swoop down and grab
> us!
>
> Kathryn
>
>
>
>

I was just gonna ask if anyone saw the wonderful show last nite w/ rosie and
the gay family. Being a single foster/adoptive mom~ i wonder what Jeb and
George Bush have to say about SINGLE PARENTS~they feel children only succeed
in heterosexual 2 parent families. AND That is the rule. Like if youre
heterosexual you will be a good parent. DUh adn double duh! sorry THATS A
STRONG OPINION!!!! HEY I KNOW!!! WHy doenst eveyrone on this list adopt 2
foster children~ THERE are 100,000 ready to be adopted TODAY! OH MY ~Denise


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where can you find mad libs on the web?? can we give website addresses
here?~Denise

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> Of course it does. Anyone who says any different doesn't want to face
> reality. yes you can sit and discuss things with kids and supposedly that
> helps them but if they see death in one form or another or violence in one
> form or another on a daily basis, it desensitizes them to the real thing.
>
> If you see car chases on television and they are "fun" and everyone is
> getting excited by them, "wow, look at that," "ooooh, they almost crashed,"
> etc., the real thing is not going to be as dramatic. If you have never
> seen
> a car crash and witness one for the first time IRL, it is dramatic, no
> punches pulled.
>
> One good example is medical personnel. The first time they see someone
> bleeding out or a dead body, it is traumatic. A few years down the road
> and
> it is no longer as traumatic and for some folks not traumatic at all.
>

EXCELLENT POINT LYNDA~! THANKS DENISE


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thanks for nobody correcting my spelling or typos or GRAMMAR (i won spelling
bees in school)~ I LET IT ALL LOOSE ON THE EMAIL~~~~~~its the one place in my
life i let go of virgo perfectionism! AHHA!!! DENISE

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> Well, I'm Roman Catholic, but still think the local Catholic and Christian
> Fundies are afraid I'm not careful enough with my children's
> souls.....after
> all, we've read Hary Potter!!!! EEEEEK!!
> Susan
>
>
>
>
>

OH THIS MADE ME LAUGH SO MUCH!!!! Im a psychic, spiritualist, medium whatever
you want to call it!!!!! AND THEN A homeschooler besides!~ WHOOHOO!!! my kids
souls are open~~ WHEW! thank GOD!!!! why do so many think we dont believe in
GOD or we DO belive in satan? if we read harry potter? or do psychic
readings....GOD tells me what to tell people not the devil. SHEEESHH! ~Denise


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Tia Leschke

>where can you find mad libs on the web?? can we give website addresses
>here?~Denise

Just do a search at www.google.com Put it in quotes "mad libs". I'm sure
you'll find something. I don't have any bookmarked.
Tia

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
*********************************************
Tia Leschke
leschke@...
On Vancouver Island

Joseph Fuerst

Denise,
I've got a friend who sees a Catholic psychic, perhaps a psychicc who
happens to be in the Catholic church would be a better way to phrase
it......though I suppose that doesn't make sense for traditional or ultra
conservatives.

Can you tell me more about your psychic gift....do you 'read auras' or
somehow have a sense about people that comes from a spiritual realm? Do you
comunicate with angels to get a gist of the person who comes to see you?
Susan

>
> > Well, I'm Roman Catholic, but still think the local Catholic and
Christian
> > Fundies are afraid I'm not careful enough with my children's
> > souls.....after
> > all, we've read Hary Potter!!!! EEEEEK!!
> > Susan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> OH THIS MADE ME LAUGH SO MUCH!!!! Im a psychic, spiritualist, medium
whatever
> you want to call it!!!!! AND THEN A homeschooler besides!~ WHOOHOO!!! my
kids
> souls are open~~ WHEW! thank GOD!!!! why do so many think we dont believe
in
> GOD or we DO belive in satan? if we read harry potter? or do psychic
> readings....GOD tells me what to tell people not the devil. SHEEESHH!
~Denise
>
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