Very good advice. My kid is in her elementary school all day today, and I'm sitting at my desk stressing. Reading this has helped me to calm down a little. Can't wait to see her though.
My mom didn't let me see any news at all until I was 10 years old and able to comprehend the concept of "the newshole". Some stuff still did filter through, though: namely, the election of President Clinton and the Oklahoma City Bombing. The bombing didn't have much of any psychological impact, though. I think that just vaguely hearing that there had been a big bombing instead of seeing any images on TV might have had something to do with that.