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When Kids Learn About 9/11 · The Cubby and Christine Morning Show

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  Speaker 1: Rock set and listen to your heart on Light FM.
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  Speaker 1: And today we carry the memory of September 11th in
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  Speaker 1: our hearts on this 25th anniversary. Thank you for listening
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  Speaker 1: to us. And we were having a discussion about 15
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  Speaker 1: minutes ago about mainly for teachers, but really it could
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  Speaker 1: be for parents. Chime in 44363. when do you teach
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  Speaker 1: kids about September 11th? And when does it come up
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  Speaker 1: in conversation? Right.
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  Speaker 2: Because you and Kristen, you have such young ones and
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  Speaker 2: they don't, they don't really, they don't know yet. How
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  Speaker 2: do we tell them? So, yeah, we've been getting great response.
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  Speaker 2: And I also want to say thank you so much
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  Speaker 2: because we've gotten some beautiful messages for producer Kristen who
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  Speaker 2: shared her story. earlier about her dad.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, go back and listen on the iHeartRadio app. It's free,
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  Speaker 1: by the way, and you can check out Kristen's story
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  Speaker 1: if you missed it around 7.10 this morning.
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  Speaker 2: Her dad, one of the many, many heroes that day,
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  Speaker 2: and we are forever grateful. So, teachers, thank you for
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  Speaker 2: weighing in. Okay, 201. My son is in the sixth grade,
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  Speaker 2: and he's in a New Jersey school. He came home
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  Speaker 2: at the beginning of this week, and he said, we
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  Speaker 2: are going to learn about September 11th and social studies. So,
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  Speaker 2: sixth grade. That's where they're starting. I remember people are
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  Speaker 2: saying I'm a fourth grade teacher. This is Marissa in
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  Speaker 2: New Jersey. We teach about 9-11 each year this time.
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  Speaker 2: Talk about the event, what happened. Most students have some
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  Speaker 2: knowledge from their parents' experiences. We usually read about the
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  Speaker 2: survivor tree. And this year we're reading a Scholastic News
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  Speaker 2: article that explains the event, focuses on a story that
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  Speaker 2: honors the heroes.
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  Speaker 1: Again, like.
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  Speaker 2: Like Kristen's father. 516, I'm a September 11th survivor. I
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  Speaker 2: saw things I never thought I would see. I'm also
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  Speaker 2: a Nona, two, a three and a half year old.
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  Speaker 2: And at this age, we leave it to the parents.
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  Speaker 2: Teachers and parents teach them kindness and caring. No need
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  Speaker 2: to teach them the bad. Keep them innocent, but not blind.
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  Speaker 2: We have 973, a teacher in Newark. She said, I
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  Speaker 2: teach my middle school, my classroom faces directly with towards
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  Speaker 2: lower Manhattan, and that day we watched in real time.
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  Speaker 2: And she said, every year since, on September 11th, I
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  Speaker 2: try and focus on the heroic acts of that day.
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  Speaker 2: I show my kids documentaries like Boat Lift and the
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  Speaker 2: stories from Gander, Newfoundland, more than focusing on the acts
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  Speaker 2: of evil.
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  Speaker 1: Right, because there were acts of kindness that day. Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: And today's Patriot Day as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yes. Right. Today's a beautiful day to a lot of
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  Speaker 2: people volunteer to give back. Right. You just want to
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  Speaker 2: feel like you're putting that positivity back. into the world.
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  Speaker 1: I saw a great meme. Let me see if I
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  Speaker 1: can find it. I saved it on my phone. It said,
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  Speaker 1: the best way to honor those lost on 9-11 is
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  Speaker 1: to be the people we were on 9-12. You remember
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  Speaker 1: how together we all were? So thank you for all
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  Speaker 1: the text messages and keep them coming at 44363. And
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  Speaker 1: if you are a teacher, thank you for all you
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  Speaker 1: do and shaping our future. And I know you have
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  Speaker 1: a tough job. We appreciate you.