{"id":9320,"date":"2015-12-02T06:32:40","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T12:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/?p=9320"},"modified":"2015-11-29T07:10:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T13:10:00","slug":"talking-tragedies-with-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/talking-tragedies-with-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Tragedies with Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I spoke to Kuttyma about the attack in Paris and a few days after I spoke to her she came back with questions. We were driving back from school when this conversation took place.<\/p>\n<p>Kuttyma: (pointing to a house) Look that is the France flag<\/p>\n<p>Me: Yes. Why do they think the fly it?<\/p>\n<p>Kuttyma: Because many people die in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Me: So who killed them?<\/p>\n<p>Kuttyma: Bad people.<\/p>\n<p>Silence<\/p>\n<p>Kuttyma: AMM-Ma (she has this way of stressing certain letters when she wants to ask a question. Usually it makes my stomach flip-flop in fear, love and joy)<\/p>\n<p>Me: Yes chellam.<\/p>\n<p>Kuttyma: Why are some people so bad?<\/p>\n<p>I obviously didn&#8217;t have an answer to it. Meanwhile, stop by Indian Moms Connect and read my latest post on<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indianmomsconnect.com\/2015\/11\/21\/talking-about-tragedies\/\"> talking to kids about tragedies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spoke to Kuttyma about the attack in Paris and a few days after I spoke to her she came back with questions. We were driving back from school when this conversation took place. Kuttyma: (pointing to a house) Look that is the France flag Me: Yes. Why do they think the fly it? Kuttyma: Because many people die in Paris. Me: So who killed them? Kuttyma: Bad people. Silence Kuttyma: AMM-Ma (she has this way of stressing certain letters when she wants to ask a question. Usually it makes my stomach flip-flop in fear, love and joy) Me: Yes chellam. 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