How to Talk to Kids about Terrorism, Politics, and Unrest in the World Today

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis

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Scary things happen. Kids can be traumatized by news media, for example. (I’ve interviewedDr. Steven Berkowitz who proved just this point. ) However, when students are most upset is when that scary world out there invades the real world “in here.” When students fear that their future isthreatened, they will start losing sleep and getting very upset. As educators, we need to understand some ways we can respond. Unf...