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How Do You Talk to Kids About 9/11?

Footage and photos from that day will likely be highly visible all week as we mark 10 years since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001

This week’s topic relates to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001:

With the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks a week away, it’s likely that youngsters–many of whom weren’t even born on that ill-fated day–will be exposed to disturbing decade-old images on TV, in the newspaper or maybe even at school. Questions will likely will follow, coming from kids who aren’t yet old enough to understand the indelible mark that Sept. 11, 2001 left on the United States and countries around the world.

How do you talk to children about the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001?

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