This is something that I knew I would have to deal with sooner or later.
With the terible news this week of the attach in Woolwich. My daughter had seen the news but I had put my hand over her eyes while they were showing some of the graffic pictures. Some of you may say I should have turned over the channel but I do think she should know what is going on in the world. We watch the news every day at 6pm. Normaly she will sit and watch for the animal stories, sometimes she will be running round. Most of the news stories at this time are not normaly graffic and if they are there is normaly a warning. I can not sheld her from the world nor would I want to.
She has since asked why I had put my hand over her eyes. So I explained that the pictures where not very nice and I did not wish her to see them, as she might get scared. She was fine with that explination. But I think that sooner or later she will want to see and know what has happened and I will need to explain.
Now I think my daughter is quite mature for her age but when is the right time to let them know all the facts. I will normaly just let her diggest what she has seen and then let her ask me questions, which I try to answer to the best of my ability.
She is a very bright little girl and will ask questions about what she has seen.
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