Today, Dr. Carole gives her listeners a sneak preview of her upcoming book: LIONS and TIGERS and TERRORISTS, OH MY! How to Protect Your Child in a Time of Terror, before it is launched in NYC in time for 9/11. Why haven't parents and teachers been talking to their kids about terrorism? Why do they need to? How is terrorism like sex? (Hint: both are taboo topics that make parents uncomfortable.) What makes terrorism the 'birds and the bees' talk for the 21st century? What do we know about the psychological impact of 9/11 and the recent UK terror attacks on kids? Why do grownups need to look for
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