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How to respond when children ask hard questions about suffering

My teenage daughter asked me why God allows school shootings and I realized I don't have an answer that doesn't sound like empty religious platitudes.

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A parent confronts the inadequacy of conventional religious explanations when faced with a child's genuine inquiry about evil.

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