What did you tell your small children about 9/11?

My daughter is 6. We live on Ft Riley, KS so of course there were memorials. Lots of little kids with deployed parents. Last year we were at Ft Sam Houston; the burn center is there and one of her classmates’ father was recovering from an IED blast. She asked some tough questions. Hard to explain to 6 year old why the world is so screwed up. What did you tell yours?

Can this be moved to the LR? Not sure why it’s in the Main. Thanks.

The truth, no need to sugar coat it.

The truth, no need to sugar coat it.
So you told them what you think is the truth.

Oh man…

You’re one of those “9-11 was a government conspiracy” types aren’t you…

Oh man…

You’re one of those “9-11 was a government conspiracy” types aren’t you…
No, are you?

I tell her that this is a triathlon forum, and she should ask her questions of this sort in a more appropriate venue.

She’s smarter than a lot ST’ers in that regard.

I tell them to play hard, get strong, join the Marines and get revenge one day.

I told her it was the government that did it. No that’s not right. Ummm… I told her that all foreigners are evil… No, that wasn’t it…

Oh yeah, I told her that bad people do bad things and she should try to be a good person. Of course, she was only 6 when it happened.

Brad