This isn’t just a yemeni shopkeeper keeping calm. That’s probably his son.
He’s scared shitless. But he also knows that if one of those bombs hits his shop, they’re dead. So he’s being a parent instead.
In the face of crisis, the first thing a parent can do is either panic, making the entire experience worse for the kid, or stay calm and collected, demonstrating that “this too, shall pass.”
This isn’t just a yemeni shopkeeper keeping calm. That’s probably his son.
He’s scared shitless. But he also knows that if one of those bombs hits his shop, they’re dead. So he’s being a parent instead.
In the face of crisis, the first thing a parent can do is either panic, making the entire experience worse for the kid, or stay calm and collected, demonstrating that “this too, shall pass.”