[silentplummet]

>watching the news after dinner

Found your problem right here. The news no longer serves to inform. It's little more than a conduit for fear, terror, and doubt. Switch off the TV and go read some websites or books to find out what's happening in the world other than the latest development in a terrifying incident in which a handful of people out of nine billion died.

Better yet, take your daughter down to city hall or a county government meeting, and get involved with what is actually going to affect you tomorrow.