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[quote=Anonymous]My oldest was 6 when sandy hook happened. It was really hard figuring out what to say and how but we did talk about it. I think for stuff like the Brown shooting, I probably wouldn’t raise it with kids under 8, as that won’t even seem relevant to them. But kid over 8 probably worth a “maybe you heard about this …, do you want to talk about it?” Convo. It really depend on how close it hits home for them. For most 6 year olds, News about 6 year olds massacred in school will provoke anxiety, but news about a shooting at an office jbuildkng across the country won’t register for them. So if you are Jewish, the synagogue shooting might be more traumatic for your child and you might want to preemptively address it. [/quote]
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