Then move on to harder things. Force yourself to discuss the moral lessons of capital punishment. Demand from your elected officials diplomacy instead of a war budget. Tell your kids, and someone else's, that you're not proud of our country's history of bombing people in nations we disdain. Don't kid yourself.
Death is extreme, and the children are paying attention.
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