Toughest job

My daughter who has recently stepped in to the pre teen stage started asking me questions about the recent trial of Kasab(the terrorist caught w.r to the recent terror attack), and it was rather a tough job for me to give her a convincing reply.
Raising a child is probably the most gratifying job any of us will ever have -- and one of the toughest. In large part, that's because times have changed. We live in an increasingly complex world that challenges us everyday with a wide range of disturbing issues that are difficult for children to understand and for adults to explain.
Senseless acts of violence involving children have become all too commonplace in our society: school shootings, child abductions, accidental drownings and kids killing kids.And with modern technology being what it is today, parents cannot realistically protect their youngsters from these broadcasts, especially with the media's endless reporting of these events.
Some adults want to keep their youngster's childhood a period of carefree innocence and avoid discussing these issues. But not talking to children about the violence they hear about--or actually see first-hand--denies them the opportunity to figure out what it means, especially in a society where extreme violence has become the norm.
It is important for parents to talk to their child about what the child has seen or heard in the media. This allows parents the opportunity to lessen the negative effects of the news while providing the youngster with parental ideas and values. While children cannot be completely protected from the reporting of violent news events, parents can help make them feel safer and less vulnerable to many problems in the world around them.
Let your kids know the difference between news and reality.I think it's important that as parents we let our kids know that the news and the world are very complex, and that greater perspective will come with age and continued communication. Anyways lets wait and watch wats n store for the future generation!!!!!!!!!!!