In the age of social media, children are exposed to all sorts of news stories they were once protected from. But how should parents approach talking to kids about the tragic events they may hear about? A psychologist shares her thoughts.
Keeping bad news from reaching kids' eyes and ears is more difficult now than ever before. In the age of social media, it's not just restricted and unsafe content kids are coming across at an alarming frequency, but news stories covering tragic events that, while broadcast on TV, are inappropriate when kids' brains are still developing and they can't understand properly what they're seeing.
