September 11th's Impact on America's Children Listen

Forums: How have your children responded to the terrorist attacks and war on terrorism?

While we've been talking, they've been listening. Watching. Coming to conclusions. September 11th shocked everyone. But for the world's children, that awful day's images and aftermath are not unbelievable. They are now bedrock: events as awful and elemental as Pearl Harbor and JFK's assassination and the Challenger explosion were for earlier generations.

This hour, child psychiatry expert Lynn Ponton discusses how American children have been processing the events of the world since September 11th.

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Forums: What can the U.S. do to improve relations with the Muslim world?

Roots of Resentment Listen

The United States inspires deep and conflicting emotions in other parts of the world. Since the terrorist attacks on September 11th, America has been forced to pay closer attention. This hour, American Radio Works - the documentary unit of Minnesota Public Radio - explores the roots of resentment against America in the Arab world - and the complex emotions the U.S. provokes even in our closest allies.