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How to Talk to Kids About Upsetting Current Events

Most of the time, we can prepare for the “big talks” with our kids. We can research and plan how to talk to them about everything from sex to porn, from LGBTQ issues to racism. But then, out of nowhere, something unexpected—and deeply upsetting—happens in the news. A devastating hurricane. A mass shooting. A mob breaking its way into our nation’s Capitol Building.