In Search of A New Home

OK...this was a spectacular film, I must admit.  An incredible orgy of destruction as only Hollywood can give us.  The storyline reminded me other films that Mr. Emmerich has given the world...ID4 and The Day After Tomorrow.  In fact, these films follow the same formula of the Irwin Allen disaster films.  People from all walks of life somehow meet in some horrible doomsday scenario, and only a handful remain to survive and start life anew.  And I would add various tributes to earlier disaster films and TV shows...When World Collide, Volcano, Armageddon and Battlestar Galactica.
But, my concern today is the children, especially little ones.  As adults we know this is just a film, but little kids when they hear the world "will end" in 2012, they just get plenty frightened.  Parents out there, this is a great teachable moment.  Don't leave it to the teachers to explain that we are going to turn into cosmic dust.  Children today have so much to fear that this just adds to the anxiety.
The world isn't going to end in 2012.  Let face it, the Mayas ran out of stone to continue writing.  And how many doomsday scenarious have we survived?  Imagine children who have seen this film and feel their first earthquake?  Panic, maybe?  Parents, be nice and take the time to explain about Mother Nature's disasters.