I think I will. While telling them how we got to this place. Explain that they must question everything and think for themselves. Tell them that freedom is never free.
They are 11 & 9. What are your thoughts?
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I think it depends on the age and maturity of the child as well. A mature 16 year old might be able to see something like that and process it in a way an immature or sensitive 18 year old could not. You can apply this to all people really. Some of us don't have - or want to develop - the stomach for this sort of thing and that doesn't make us any less patriotic or protective of freedoms. I can acknowledge and support the necessity for law and order and justice without celebrating the fact that someone, however guilty, will lose their life.
The question was about making children watch live executions. I don't know that the children of the world need (or would achieve) closure by witnessing these events. Some of us can believe without seeing. For those who need to see, hopefully they are able to watch.