These kids were totally unimpressed by the solar eclipse
by Carolyn Robertson posted in Parenting
This week's solar eclipse was billed as a once-in-a-lifetime event. In anticipation of the moment when darkness would paint a streak across the country, thousands of people flocked to witness it from the path of totality. Some parents pulled their kids out of school to watch it. Others celebrated with eclipse pancakes and homemade cereal box viewers. One mom went so far as to wear an eclipse-specific wardrobe with her family (yes, really).
The point is, the solar eclipse was a very big deal. Unless you're my 7-year-old daughter, that is, in which case it fluctuated between being a terrifying health hazard and a complete letdown. Here's how the eclipse played out at our house...
Like many families, we'd been talking a lot about the eclipse in the week or so leading up to it. My youngest, Amelia, feigned minimal interest until the night before, when I reminded her and her big sister not to look directly at the sun while it was happening. She immediately dropped her fistful of Shopkins. "If I do look at it, will I die"" she asked.
I explained that no, she wouldn't die, it could just damage her eyes.
"You could be blind forever," my 11-year-old added helpfully.
Cue an hour of tears and panic.
"It's fine, honey," I told her. "You can go outside, you can play, you can do everything you always do. The only thing you can't do it stare directly into the sun."
"But what if I have to stare at ...
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