Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

Our two year old grandson is having a hard time adjusting to preschool.  His nanny is sick and just had surgery, so the switch was abrupt and painful.  He's acting out and miserable.  Nobody has a choice about what to do.  His preschool is fine, it's just the sudden change.  He's clearly angry and missing his nanny and the other little boy who was with the nanny.  Today he's getting to see his nanny and the other little boy, so maybe it will help him understand they are not "disappeared".  I can't help but think of the children separated from their parents at the border, and how severely traumatized they must be.  Their lives will never be the same.  Children are so vulnerable.  I look at my newborn grandson and marvel at how helpless he is, and what an enormous responsibility it is to keep children safe and loved and secure.  Our country is certainly failing in compassion and empathy.  I pray this attitude changes.