Does anyone else think it is awful and weird that we are seeing the press

[applegrove]

interview kids in regards to violent incidents? Is this supposed to be good for them? CNN is interviewing a child who got shot in the stomach. The other day it is the 16 year old rape victim. I'm all for interviewing their parents but does this help a child recover from something traumatic?

[Warpy]

1. It beats the hell out of what they did to us in the 50s and 60s

We were pretty much forbidden to mention any sort of trauma on the theory that kids would forget all about it if nobody mentioned it.

No wonder we turned to drugs.

[applegrove]

3. Oh I agree psychology has come a long way. And that the children

need to talk about their trauma. And they need to be heard by a village. That all that helps. I'm just not sure the tv is how that should happen.

[kestrel91316]

2. They can't do it without the parents' permission, and any parent who would

subject their child to that so soon after the incident needs a serious ass whooping, IMHO.

[bobduca]

4. maximize the intended effect of advertisments

It doesnt help the child but it helps CNN sell soap to its viewers!