The recent graphic images of dying refugees, coupled with threats of a bombing campaign in Syria made me stop and think about what my daughters think of the world around them.
Do these events frighten them? Are they scared for their own lives? How different is the world in 2015, compared with my upbringing in the 70s and 80s?
Threads
The image above is taken from a TV movie shown on the BBC in 1984 called Threads.
At the time, as a school kid, this was a huge deal.
The film showed what would happen in the event of a nuclear attack on Sheffield and the fallout thereafter. 
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