What to say to kids about school shootings to ease their stress
ByAllison Aubrey
NPR
4min
If you have school-age children, chances are they've already talked to their classmates about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. So what's the best way to know how they're feeling and what they're thinking? Ask them.
"Children's questions may be very different from adults'," saysDavid Schonfeld, a pediatrician who directs theNational Center for School Crisis and Bereavementat Children's Hospital Los Angeles. And the best way to determine how much information they need is to listen to them, he says.
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