I really needed this. My eldest is 6 and they just had a Holocaust Remembrance Day in school, of course I imagine they left the graphic stuff out but she came back with LOTS of questions… and yes, she was scared. I realised I was so unprepared!
Thanks for sharing this. The world feels like an increasingly difficult to navigate through. It's so important to model our own struggles and how to we cope too!
It’s always challenging to decide how much children should know about difficult topics, balancing honesty with age-appropriateness. For parents looking to reference real cases for guidance, I found this resource on https://massachusettscourtrecords.org really informative. It provides clear insights into legal procedures and outcomes, helping adults explain situations more accurately. Transparency, when handled carefully, can teach kids responsibility and critical thinking.
One thing I absolutely cannot explain is why we cannot share photos of small girls doing gymnastics on public social media. Or the fact that some of the world’s most powerful men are in the Epstein files but are just fine, holding onto their jobs and prestige. I can hardly explain this level of societal decrepitude to myself much less to my pre teen kids.
I really needed this. My eldest is 6 and they just had a Holocaust Remembrance Day in school, of course I imagine they left the graphic stuff out but she came back with LOTS of questions… and yes, she was scared. I realised I was so unprepared!
It’s so hard! And unfortunately, there’s no way to do it perfectly!
Thanks for sharing this. The world feels like an increasingly difficult to navigate through. It's so important to model our own struggles and how to we cope too!
It’s always challenging to decide how much children should know about difficult topics, balancing honesty with age-appropriateness. For parents looking to reference real cases for guidance, I found this resource on https://massachusettscourtrecords.org really informative. It provides clear insights into legal procedures and outcomes, helping adults explain situations more accurately. Transparency, when handled carefully, can teach kids responsibility and critical thinking.
An insightful read. While I’m concerned about my survival in the parenting wilderness, we should also consider what dangers we tell them about too.
One thing I absolutely cannot explain is why we cannot share photos of small girls doing gymnastics on public social media. Or the fact that some of the world’s most powerful men are in the Epstein files but are just fine, holding onto their jobs and prestige. I can hardly explain this level of societal decrepitude to myself much less to my pre teen kids.
I really…really enjoyed this. Thank you for writing it. I love the plain language breakdowns. I hope you don’t mind, but I felt compelled to share a piece I wrote because this one connected with me on the same level I felt when I wrote mine. https://open.substack.com/pub/traviswalkermd/p/the-myth-of-parental-control?r=egrv&utm_medium=ios
Wow, it’s like you read my mind!
Ordered your book! If it’s too young for my youngest (almost five) I plan to give it to my nephew!