Dennis Prager Show - Talking to Kids About Soleimani's Death Aired: 2020-01-09 Duration: 05:52 === Why Trump Calls Soleimani a Terrorist (03:47) === [00:00:00] See, by not noting that he was a terrible human being, that he was responsible for the deaths of Americans and especially Iranians and Iraqis and Yemenis and Lebanese, [00:00:16] and he was the chief of terrorism that is part of the Iranian regime, It doesn't help kids think in a moral sense. [00:00:35] We kill the killer. [00:00:37] We kill the murderer. [00:00:42] So, what will you say to your child? [00:00:44] Qasem Soleimani was a top military leader in Iran, a country in the Middle East. [00:00:48] How about a country whose regime is a tyranny? [00:00:53] Whose regime gathers millions of its citizens to scream death to America? [00:00:59] Well, before. [00:01:01] Way before the current president was president. [00:01:09] And is the only country in the world to threaten genocide, to announce genocide and the annihilation of a country in its attitude toward Israel. [00:01:24] If kids are not given a moral explanation, For what happened, then they really are confused. [00:01:35] The killing of Soleimani was a moral act against an immoral person. [00:01:43] Why did the US take action against Soleimani? [00:01:46] President Donald Trump has called Soleimani a terrorist. [00:01:50] Trump says Soleimani ordered attacks on American military and diplomats. [00:01:58] Trump says Soleimani ordered attacks on American military and diplomats and was planning attacks against Americans in the Middle East. [00:02:07] For this reason, Trump... [00:02:09] I don't know, do you talk to your... [00:02:10] Do you talk to your kids with just the last name of a president? [00:02:17] Mr. Trump or President Trump or the president? [00:02:21] I think that that would be more appropriate. [00:02:25] I wonder if they had Trump for kids. [00:02:29] How to talk to your kids for time for kids. [00:02:33] Did they do the same with President Obama? [00:02:36] For this reason, Trump ordered the U.S. military to kill Soleimani. [00:02:40] The drone attack took place at an airport in Baghdad in Iraq. [00:02:44] An Iraqi leader was also killed. [00:02:48] Why don't the U.S. and Iran get along? [00:02:51] These are questions that the... [00:02:53] Peace poses and then gives answers to. [00:02:57] The US and Iran have a difficult relationship. [00:03:03] Do you notice how neutral this whole thing is? [00:03:07] There's no good and bad. [00:03:10] There's no right and wrong. [00:03:11] It's just we have a difficult relationship. [00:03:14] It's been this way for many years. [00:03:17] In 1979, Iran took 52 American diplomats and citizens hostage. [00:03:22] They were released after 444 days. [00:03:28] We have a difficult relationship. === Let Feelings Make Sense (02:20) === [00:03:33] We don't have a difficult relationship with free countries. [00:03:38] We have a difficult relationship with tyrannies. [00:03:44] If my child is feeling worried, what should I do? [00:03:48] Psychologist Paul Coleman, author of Finding Peace When Your Heart Is In Pieces, spoke to Time's Belinda Luscombe. [00:03:59] He suggests following these safe steps. [00:04:05] Search for hidden questions or fears. [00:04:07] Ask what else is in their mind. [00:04:10] Act. [00:04:11] Keep routines going, homework, bedtime rituals, and so on. [00:04:16] Feel feelings. [00:04:18] Let them know their feelings make sense, says Coleman. [00:04:23] Let them talk it out and show that you understand. [00:04:27] My parents did not make sure, let me know that my feelings always made sense. [00:04:40] May I suggest to parents that you not take that approach. [00:04:47] Sometimes your feelings, you too. [00:04:50] Now forget a 10-year-old. [00:04:52] Sometimes our feelings don't make sense. [00:04:56] That is one of the most important things to know in growing up and mastering life. [00:05:02] Frequently our feelings don't make sense. [00:05:09] If you feel... [00:05:12] It's not a good general lesson. [00:05:20] You don't ridicule your kids' feelings if they don't make sense, but you have them master it. [00:05:27] I feel like I don't want to go to school. [00:05:30] Well, that makes sense. [00:05:32] It does. [00:05:35] It makes perfect sense that you feel that you don't want to go to school. [00:05:39] But I think most parents will say, so what? [00:05:46] Mastering feelings, negating feelings, working against feelings is what most of us have to do much of the time.