Fortunately, parenting and education experts have produced a wealth of resources for having difficult conversations with kids about tragedies like the Paris attacks. Below are nine tips distilled from these many resources; more detail:

  1. Initiate the conversation
  2. Reassure them
  3. Listen
  4. Find out what they know
  5. Encourage children to share their feelings
  6. Share your feelings
  7. Focus on the good
  8. Encourage children to act
  9. Know when to seek outside help

“You can help children find a way to step out of their position of powerlessness. You can tell them honestly that their concerns are quite healthy because people’s concern is the first step toward doing something to make the world safer,” explains the ESR guide.

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