[cstreit]

Thanks for your thoughts guys. It's not so much the subject of death that concerns me. 2 years ago by stepfather died and he and I talked about it then. My concern is that young kids don't always have great filters. ...and I just hope that if someone at school, or elsewhere repeats what they've heard, it could be traumatic for him if they talk about the details. Like the one kid that read about it when his parents weren't looking, that sort of thing can spread through a school fast. The boy that was killed did not attend my sons school. My son is a very intuitive kid, and I don't want him dealing with this on his own.

..but I'd rather he didn't have to deal with it at all. So I'm struggling with being proactive and have him hear it from us first, but don't want to say anything if I don't have too.