PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) -- When major events happen in the news, how should you talk to your kids about the subject?

OSF HealthCare Clinical Child Psychologist Kyle Boerke said it's important to know that any kid with access to a phone is likely to learn about major events.

"In the social media-driven world that we live in, they are not only going to be able to read the feed on it, but they can actually see the videos of the very graphic events unfold," Boerke said.

He said since you know they are going to be exposed, it is important for parents to have conversations before they turn to social media influencers.

Boerke said any conversation you have with a child is going to be more age-appropriate than watching the graphic content of events.

"A great starting point is just asking them wha

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