Thank you! As a matter of fact, I've talked to him many times about 9/11 and he probably knows more than I even suspect, despite him having lived in Canada since he was 5. There's a long story (I picked him up from school on 9/11 having just heard the news and worried that my father would be in trouble, b/c he worked two buildings away from the Sears Tower. All the planes were still in the air)...but he knows how much the United States means to me, I've showed him documentaries before. And it's not just that, obviously.
Thank you for the advice.
Language is the reason it got an R rating, but as a public school grade four student, he's heard it all before. I explained the context of the things that adults will sometimes say in stressfull situations and that I'm proud I have never heard him use the language that he has heard at school.
That is an excellent point, and you sound like a very good father. I'm also proud of my son. As much as it stings to lose your babies, it makes you so proud to watch them blossom into little, and then, big, people. :)
Take care.
Take care.