In the aftermath of the terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., parents and teachers struggled with some hard questions: When is it appropriate to talk to kids about the kind of merciless violence that could strike anyone, at any time? And after we’ve decided upon “when,” how?
The National Council on American-Islamic Relations released guidelines to help those confronting this dilemma on Tuesday. In “A Muslim parent’s guide to talking to children about acts of violent extremism,” CAIR urges parents to “avoid statements like, ‘They think we are all terrorists,’ or, ‘I am moving out of America,’” lest kids take the remarks as fact.
