UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (The Borowitz Report)—As Sarah Palin makes headlines after an absence of many years, American parents are struggling to explain to their children who the former politician was.
Harland Dorrinson, a pediatric psychologist, said that children may hear upsetting information about Palin at school and then seek reassurance from their parents.
“Although Sarah Palin is largely forgotten, parents shouldn’t pretend that she never existed,” Dorrinson said. “Talking about Sarah Palin is one of those difficult conversations parents need to have with their kids.”
“Children are learning that Sarah Palin was on the national ticket of a major political party that deemed her fit to assume the Presidency,” the psychologist said. “It’s only natural for kids to wonder, ‘How could this have happened?’ ”
Dorrinson advises parents to watch YouTube clips of Palin along with their kids, rather than let children discover them on their own, “which could be upsetting.”
“Watching the wrong Sarah Palin clip could be traumatic for children,” he said. “You don’t want them stumbling onto the Katie Couric interview.”
