Buddha cries

We haven't watched any of the Michael Jackson tributes or funeral stuff. Today on the Today Show, they showed the snippets from the tribute. His daughter came at the end and tearily expressed her love. Buddha and Cam saw, and Cam said "Crying." Buddha said "That girl's crying. Why?"

So I told him, "Her father died and she's very sad." I'm not sure what I expected, but what I got took my breath away. His face fell and the look in his eyes brought me to tears. He started crying and saying "Her daddy's gone?" Seeing him feeling such compassion and empathy was more than I could handle.

Being a parent means there are times when you see these parts of your child that are so raw and so pure, and it's so beautiful. But also sad that so often those parts get polluted, and we can't control what the world will do to our children. How do you preserve such gentle emotion and innocent understanding?