Following today's mass shooting in Texas, starting a conversation with children about horrific events can be difficult. We have some Do's and Don'ts from experts.
Truglio says that for starters, try not to let your children experience the news without you. That includes letting the TV or audio play in the background. In 2017, 42 percent of parents of young children told Common Sense Media thatAs a little girl growing up in rural Louisiana, Alison Aucoin remembers her father watching the evening news during the Vietnam War."The way that our house was set up, it was kind of impossible for me to completely miss it.
Korbey says,"One of the most important things parents can do in this scary climate is to talk to kids about facts. For example:Truglio says that if scary news is happening far from home, the best thing a parent or caregiver can do is to reach for a map. Then, she says, a child could"see distance, that it's not in their immediate environment."
Truglio says we should resist the temptation to label anyone"bad guys" or"evil." It's not helpful, and it may increase fear and confusion. Instead, she says, talk about people being in pain, being angry and making bad choices. That's what Nierman and his wife settled on, telling their children that the shooter wasn't well and needed help.I don't know"Sometimes we don't have the answers to all of these whys," she explains.
"We didn't turn on the TV until President Obama spoke and there was a memorial service," Truglio says."We focused on the positive — how people were gathering and taking care of each other." "I was scared that something like this would happen to me," Edelawit, now 12, says, and ever since, whenever a similar, police-related shooting happens, she and her mother follow a few steps. First, her mother shares the news.
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