Key points

Ask what your child knows and be open to their questions

Limit your own (and your child’s) media use

Emphasize safe people and the many helpers, as well as your desire to always support them

Take good care of yourself as a parent

As a psychologist who lives just miles from the Annunciation Catholic School/Church in Minneapolis where a horrific shooting occurred this week, I offer this blog in support of parents everywhere. Our Minnesota summer began with the murders of former Minnesota House of Representative Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and the shooting of State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette. And now, the first day back to school for these Annunciation School children begins with violence…an event having ripple effects across communities throu

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