What I'll Tell My Children
I'm a bit of a news junkie. I watch it everyday. Friday morning, of course, was different. After a half an hour of coverage of the tragedy in Colorado, I turned it off. There was nothing new to report and I was tired of them repeating the terrible details. Since then, one of the popular 'news' features has been 'What to Tell Your Children'. Various psychologists have weighed in on how we should help our young ones deal with this. I didn't listen to them. I know exactly what I'll tell my kids. We all have been given a gift in this life. It's called free agency. We each have the ability to choose every day. We choose what we think, what we say and what we do. These choices make us who we are. There are people who choose darkness. When given the options, they follow evil. Their choices are to cause harm to others. They are selfish, thinking only about their own desires and having no concern for the pain they cause. ...