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Comm 100 War on Terrorism: It’s Effect on Children According to the American Heritage Dictionary, terrorism is defined as the unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons. Basically, terrorism is imitating the practices of third graders. With the leader, or bully, and his group of followers illegitimately intimidating another group of equal or weaker value for the pure purposes of frightening or provoking them to attack back. The terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, did much more damage than most people think. It took away most Americans’ sense of security and made people, especially children, learn to deal with heartache, depression, apprehension, anxiety, fright, resentment, and other strong emotions that they weren’t used to. Economic uncertainty that came with September 11th only added to millions of families’ stresses. Children obviously have more trouble dealing with these pressures, and there are many reasons for this.
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