Toddlers/Preschoolers bringing the subject up to strangers

August 28, 2008

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AUTHOR:

allycat

DATE: 09/18/01 9:15am

SUBJECT:

Toddlers/Preschoolers bringing the subject up to strangers

My daugher will be three the end of this month. On the day of the attack she witnessed some of the tragedy on the news. I did my best to explain to her what had happened but assumed she didn't understand. In the following days, when her father and I would try and catch some of the news we would have her play downstairs. She would come up periodically and say "is your movie over yet?".

However, the other day at church, out of the blue, she began to tell people about the "bad thing that happened when the plane flew into the building". She said it so casually, like she does when she tells us about what she did in daycare each day. I was somewhat embarrassed...thinking people would consider us bad parents for exposing her to it and would wonder why we would allow her to talk about such things.

Am I wrong to feel this way? Is it possible that at 3 years old she could understand?

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Toddlers/Preschoolers bringing the subject up to strangers

allycat

09/18/01 09:15am

Re: Toddlers/Preschoolers bringing the subject up to strangers

apmom

09/24/01 01:57pm

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