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Asking About WarThe Healthy Homein focus: childWhen Your <strong>Child</strong>Asks About War…By Stephanie McGuinnessmother, baby & child october 2013To mark the International Dayof Non-Violence (October2nd), <strong>Mother</strong> <strong>Baby</strong> & <strong>Child</strong> hasdecided to touch on the topicof war as a basis for discussionwith our children.72International Day ofNon-ViolenceOctober 2The ‘daily fret’ as mothers is mostlyfocused our children’s general welfaresuch as their health, safety and stablefuture prospects. Every stage in our children’slife is about helping them to rationalize theirenvironment step-by-step.If our children are symbolic of what remains asinnocent in this world, how then do we try andexplain the occurrence of war and why suchinjustices are taking place?There poses two great challenges when facedwith this situation.The first would be the topic of why war? is
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