After Monday’s bombing at
the Boston Marathon, my high school senior has been anxious about venturing out
too far from home. Even though she hasn’t been pouring over newspaper accounts
and video footage, she’s really taken this to heart with it having hit so close
to home. It’s not just empathy for the victims and anger toward the cowards who
perpetrated such violence, emotions we all surely share. For teens especially,
who are too old not to be touched but too young to fully process, an event like
this is especially confounding and troubling. This kind of terrorism reflects a
unique combination of targeted malice and randomness. While one ponders the
nature of evil and hate, there’s also the realization, “That could have been
me.”
My own response is to carry
on – refuse to be cowed, “living well is
the best revenge.” But for kids who might need some thoughtful parental
intervention, “Psychology Today” offers some excellent thoughts.
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