tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2461352312598221845.post2795373980621429939..comments2022-06-25T07:43:30.854-07:00Comments on Hackette in Colchester: Books that changed my lifeHackney Hackettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01347630584893406110noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2461352312598221845.post-25804876785111674432009-03-24T06:03:00.000-07:002009-03-24T06:03:00.000-07:00Yeah, if it wasn't COTD no doubt it would have bee...Yeah, if it wasn't COTD no doubt it would have been When the Wind Blows or that scary scary documentary deemed too horrific to show in the 60s but helpfully screened in the 80s instead. <BR/>I'm sure the randomness of terrorism must be very scary for your sons. We had bomb scares too, being a school in a garrison town, but like you they never bothered me, and we didn't have the whole suicide bomber thing. 9/11 must have made a big impression on children and young people.Hackney Hackettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01347630584893406110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2461352312598221845.post-67355220853649754812009-03-24T01:58:00.000-07:002009-03-24T01:58:00.000-07:00It's interesting that "Children of the Dust" stimu...It's interesting that "Children of the Dust" stimulated your fear of nuclear holocaust. I was always aware of it but could not attribute it to a particular event or experience. <BR/>My sons - both in their teens - have different fears. Terrorism and particularly it's random nature is a big worry. I had that when growing up but there always seemed to be warnings and I have to say that I regarded a bomb scare at school - we had a couple - as a good way of missing classes.<BR/>The big fear though is knife and gun crime. As a parent I worry about it, but I was only beginning to understand that it is a big factor in where they go and how they carry themselves. For example my younger son will not sit at the back of the bus upstairs. This is percieved as an area from which trouble emanates. Illogical I may argue. But it is a real fear.colonel_hackneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05983295685169492438noreply@blogger.com