"The tickets were a Christmas gift to my four-year-old daughter from her grandparents. She has never been to the theater before. In the ever-expanding list of consequences from ICE's violent occupation of the Twin Cities metro area, this disappointment hardly merits a mention. But it still made me sad, because - as any parent could probably tell you - all I want for my kid is joy, and so much of the world that surrounds her right now is confusion and fear and pain."
"My youngest is not yet two years old and will, I hope, be too young to remember anything about the armed, masked agents terrorizing Minneapolis. My oldest, as she'd proudly tell you, will be five next summer. I don't know how much she understands, but I wanted to be prepared for anything she might ask, so I turned, as generations of parents have, to Sesame Street. Here's their advice for ages four to five: "Children may be concerned about your safety or about being separated."
Federal agents killed Alex Pretti near a children's theater, prompting canceled weekend performances of Go, Dog. Go! for patron and staff safety. A four-year-old's first theater outing was canceled despite being a Christmas gift from grandparents, producing sadness amid broader community distress. The family's parent worries about young children seeing armed, masked agents and sought guidance from Sesame Street on reassuring children about safety and separation. The account connects local enforcement actions with broader ICE operations that have detained families, including the five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, who was detained with his father and sent to a Texas center.
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