Posted on 04/30/2009 5:23:13 AM PDT by Gordon Greene
The coordinator behind a children's coloring book that was pulled from FEMA's Web site last week is standing by her work — despite its controversial cover, which shows a child's drawing of New York's Twin Towers on fire with a plane flying toward them.
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"A Scary Thing Happened," a downloadable coloring book designed to help children cope with disaster, was developed by Minnesota's Freeborn County Crisis Response Team following a local tornado in 2003. It was posted on The Smoking Gun Web site after FEMA took it down last week.
Valerie Lucznikowska, who lost her 37-year-old nephew in the 9/11 attacks, said she didn't understand all the fuss.
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Congratulations on your son’s enlistment, God Speed!
My daughter (11 yrs old now) asked many, many questions after we watched the a 9/11 special about 2 years ago. I was very upfront with her about how there are evil people in this world and how horrible 9/11 was for the country. I’m so sorry your kids were so exposed, it is still brings tears to my eyes.
I have to no problem with discussing 911 and terrorism with kids, but asking them to color pictures of burning buildings is both trivializing and downright creepy.
It’s just a tool to use if your kid doesn’t understand or is confused about 9/11. Like someone posted I am sure it helped kids that were highly affected right after it happened.
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