Texas mass school shooting: How parents should talk to and with kids about the tragedy

Earlier this week we all were tuned in to the news as reports came down to yet another mass school shooting. Reactions from around the country from everyone including lawmakers, sports superstars and even social media influencers were filled with outrage. School shootings have made a lot of parents in America anxious. Parents are often more worried about it than younger kids are….But kids pick up on their parents’ fear. And parents worry that seeing news reports of school shootings may be harming their kids. Some also worry that the “active shooter drills” many schools are practicing could cause more harm than good. To share tools on how to help youth navigate through the stress of trauma Lakeshore Public Radio’s Dee Dotson recently spoke with Laura Smith-Wynn who founded the 501(c)3 nonprofit From-the-Heart Parenting, Inc. in Merrillville, Indiana as a parenting and family management resource for parents with children birth to 18 years challenged by the complexities of raising children today - especially in the context of keeping children safe and thriving. In n 2008, the name was changed to Indiana Parenting Institute, Inc.™ (IPI) to fully communicate and promote the scope of programs, services, and resources provided by its evidence-informed, group-based parentingBirth2Eighteen program model (B2E), and available to ALL Indiana families.