A psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital is providing his best advice to parents on how to handle the tragic Texas school shooting with their children.Dr. Gene Beresin, executive director of the Clay Center of Young Healthy Minds, said kids of all ages have three main questions: Am I safe? Are the people taking care of me safe? How does this shooting affect the rest of my life?”The first thing you want to do with all kids is say: ‘Have you heard about the news?’ You don’t want to say ‘the shootings’ because they may not have heard about them,” Beresin said.Beresin said teenagers in particular need to vent about these types of issues.”Teenagers love to be asked: ‘What do you think we should do?'” he said. “They remember Parkland. They remember Sandy Hook. They’ve been listening to the news. They’ve been listening to social media. They know something about the division in this country.”Ask them open-ended questions,” Beresin added. “‘What do you know about this shooting?’ Find out where they’re getting their information.”When it comes to younger children, Beresin said parents should not repeatedly expose them to the news because they may think the shooting is happening over and over again.Beresin also said it is important for parents to keep their own emotions under control, but that they should be honest with their children if they ask if they are anxious about the news. Here is a list of Mass General resources on supporting children and adolescents following mass shootings and other forms of horrific mass violence.Caregiver resources: https://www.mghclaycenter.org/school-shooting-caregiver-resources/Twitter: @MGHClayCenterFacebook: @massgeneralclaycenterInstagram: @mghclaycenter