For younger kids, Bozdech recommends sticking with animated movies to help remind them that it's not real, plus limiting the scary movies to mysteries as opposed to monsters. Tweens can handle ...
"The more traditional approach was, for some kids, really dysregulating and even (caused) some psychological trauma for them," she said. "If they're so stress-activated they can't integrate ...
Use the acronym HELP to remind yourself how to talk to kids about scary events in the news. Yes, it's harder when we're scared ourselves, but if we follow the HELP method, we can do it!