Yesterday I bloged about bin Laden’s death and how that is handled by families. My daughter, a teacher commented and I would like to address her very wise insight. She told her students “that death is always a tragedy, and to glorify death makes us too much like the terrorists we fight.”
In these very troubled times we may not always know how best to address these ethical dilemmas with our children. Yesterday, on the news, when I saw a young woman tying red white and blue balloons on George Bush’s gate I found I felt regretful. Realistically, I’m sure she did not know how to react and that is why the comment of the teacher, Kat, is important. She may have seen this as something to celebrate and this is how she understood celebration. As parents we need to help our children put things like this in perspective.
Many are saying that bin Laden’s death is justice for his many wrongs to us and to countless others but death is always a tragedy.
This is a very troubled world and in addition natural disasters seem to cause great tragedy to many. I recently went to some training that seemed to address how we react to events that occur and what happens when we do not understand or learn how to react in an appropriate manner. As parents we should make sure that how we react is the model we want to give our children.
I guess that’s enough said. Pray for or world at this time.
Sherri
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