Focus on Mental Health: Talking to kids about mass violence, hate
Updated: 4:59 PM EDT May 16, 2022
MAA:RI FIVE ON YOUR MEALNT HEALTH, THE 18-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT ACCUSED OF SHOOTING 13 PEOPLE AND KILLING0 1 IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK AT A SUPERMARKET IS NOW UNDER A SUIDECI WATCH AT THE COUNTY JAIL. HERE TO TALK ABOUT TTHA MORE IS DR. ERICA LEE. PSYCHOLOGIST AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL. : THANKS FOR JOINING US. TEENAGERS TODAY HAVE GROWN UP WITH GUN VIOLENCE. FORGIVE THE NATURE OF THE QUESTION, IT MAY SOUND CALLOUS, BUT HAS THIS MADE THEM TMHE TO THESE TRAGEDIES? >> THE NEW NORMA NOW IS LIVE SHOOTER DRILLS THAT SCHOOL AND ARGHE ABOUT SHOOTINGS AROUND THE COUNTRY. TEENAGERS ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THEMSELVES AND LOVED ONES. THE CDC FOUND GUN VIOLENCE BECAME THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS OF 2020. IT TELLS US THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING MORE TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OFUN G VIOLENCONE YOUTH. TO LOWER THE MORTALITY RATE AND PAY ATTENTION TO THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. MARIA:HE T GUNMAN IS WHITE, INVESTIGATSOR SAY THE VICTIMS ARE MOSTLY BLACK. RACISM APPEARS TO BE THE MOTIVE. HOW DO YOU TALK TO YOUR CHILD ABOUT THAT KIND OF HATE? >> ASK YOUR KIDS, WHAT HAVE THEY HEARD AND WHAT QUESTIONS DO TYHE HAVE? IT’S IMPORTANT THAT THEY THINK THEY CAN COME TO YOU PARTSEN WITH WHAT THEY ARE THINKING. IT’S IMPORTAN THAT YOU ARE CLEAR THAT YOU THINK RISACM AND VIOLENCERE A WRONG. FOR THE KIDS OF COLOR, THESE ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE YOUTH. IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO NURTURE THEIR SENSE OF CULTURAL PRIDE AND IDENTITY. THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE IMPORTANT, TYHE MATTER, THAT THEY BELONG. ED: WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THESE THINGS.- A LOT OF WEBSISTE PROMOTE CONSPIRACIES. PARENTS MIGHT THINK THEY CANNOT NIMOTOR EVERYTHING THEIR CHILD DOES ONLINE BUT ARE THERE CERTAIN SITUATIONS WHERE YOU SHOULD THINK TYHE TRY? IT’S A GREAT QUESTION. IF YOUR CHILD OR TEEN IS MAKING CONCERNING COMMENTS ABTOU INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS, TALKING ABOUT COPINSRACY THEORIES, IT’S IMPORTANT FOR PARENTS TO KNOW WHERE THEY GET THE INFORMATION AND CORRECTE MEDIA LITERACY, RIGHT? TRUSTWORTHY NEWS SOURCES, HOW DO WE EVALUATE WHAT WE READ AND WATCH AND HOW DO WE TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMETHING THAT IS FACT AND SOMETHING TTHA IS FICTION. SOME KIDS DON’T REALIZE HOW EASILY INFORMATION CAN BE MANIPULATED AND JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING GOES VIRAL DOES NOT MEAN IT’S TRUE
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Focus on Mental Health: Talking to kids about mass violence, hate
Updated: 4:59 PM EDT May 16, 2022
Dr. Erica Lee, a psychologist at Boston Children’s Hospital, discusses how parents can talk to their children about mass shootings, violence and hate crimes.
Dr. Erica Lee, a psychologist at Boston Children’s Hospital, discusses how parents can talk to their children about mass shootings, violence and hate crimes.
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