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Another lets love the Armed forces thread.undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon Mar-21-11 06:31 PM
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Those who are parents... how do you talk to your children about American wars?
I don't have children, and this seems to me like it would be one of the tough parts of raising children. :shrug:
The authoritative source on all things....seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts)Mon Mar-21-11 06:37 PM
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1. lay out the history, the reasonings on both sides and now a days my kids are not only
reading it in magazines, but my oldest went to inform himself on both libya and japan situation over spring break, using du as one of his sources. i was surprised and thrilled to see him do that. we listen to bbc and npr on car radio.
i give them all the facts and know that i have..... then leave it there with them
Your co-worker is John Kerry?Kennah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon Mar-21-11 06:43 PM
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4. While I don't recommend this ...
... a couple of coworkers at my last job used, and I'm not exaggerating, "You'd better start performing better in school. Your only other choices are the Army. You want to go off to Iraq or Afghanistan?"
Maybe I completely misunderstood the delivery of the message.
I have a 10 year old, and I'm struggling with what to say to him, and when, on the issue of war.
I suppose I'm going to try to dispassionately lay out the facts. I'm contemplating renting "Why We Fight", but I'm not sure he'll sit still to watch the whole thing.
At times, I have popped off with something, perhaps not expertly polished, that sounds like, "Great another unjust war. How many years is this one going to last? How long will our kids have to go over there and fight?"
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