I'm sorry if this has been covered in other threads but I couldn't find it anywhere.
Has anyone explained the war to their small children and if so how did you go abut it? I have a 5yr old DS who has not started asking questions yet but as the war develops I'm sure he will become aware of what is going on. At the moment his feelings of good and eveil are very simplistic - Superman/Action Man = good, Baddies = bad, but I'm not sure how to go about explaining the war as it's obviously not as clear cut as all that. Yes, I agree that Saddam is a bad and evil dictator but are Bush and Blair really the goodies? I don't think so.
I so don't want to upset his fragile world but I know it is inevitable as we are now at war. It's very sad, can any one help?
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Maudy · 21/03/2003 09:38
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