WWYD ?

[jeninok]

I had been planning on taking DS (almost 12) to the 18th Anniversary of the OKC bombing on Friday. We are trying to connect with our new city, and get out and about more and I think he is needing to experience more connections between daily life, and the sometimes scary things he hears and sees on the news.

 

I am seriously re-thinking it now, I just don't know how comfortable I am in light of recent events, and I feel like everyone else will be on edge too. They evacuated a bunch of buildings this morning downtown because of an empty Uhaul that had broken down. I know that the chance of anything happening is slim, but any sort of scare will be extra scary for a kid.

 

I am conflicted, I feel like if we skip out on important events, the people are achieving their goals, but on the other hand, why risk it KWIM.

 

 

Any thoughts?

[PachiSusan]

I do not think that I would go on an anniversary, but I would most definitely take him on a different day with less crowds.

[Dandelion]

I hear what you're saying. And I agree with you that it's not good to live in fear, and miss out on things because of that. That said, I don't think the risk is worth it in this particular situation. I would go some other time.

[Koerarmoca]

I also would not go let alone take a child. It's not very healthy to live in fear either but I do fear large crowds.

 

maybe a "virtual trip" take the day to study what happened and watch some old news clips.

[jeninok]

Thank you guys for confirming my concerns, I think we might go to the land run festivities in our nearby little town, or to the science museum or something instead.