Dec. 14 marks a tragic date in our nation's history with the second deadliest school shooting to ever happen in America. 30 people were killed and 22 of them were children. HollywoodLife.com spoke with two experts about how parents of students at the school should handle answering questions and telling their kids about such a tragedy.
Talking to your child about death is one of the hardest things a parent will ever have to do, let alone try to explain why someone would walk into their school and shoot 22 of their classmates. The news of
Adam Lanza, the gunman who walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT., and shot and killed 20 children and six adults is
dead himself and now parents have to deal with the aftermath of such a horrible incident.
When should a parent talk to their child who was at the school?
"This has to be done immediately," says
Dr. Gilda Carle, psychotherapist, and 30 Second Therapist for the
Today Show says. "While the image and idea is still fresh, cannot pull the wool over the child. The child knows something was going on, if the child was at the school. Be
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