![]() And then even younger kids could just be overhearing your conversation with somebody, and they have questions, but they might not know to ask about it. That might be how they're learning about it. And so without any other context for your kid, they might not know what's going on. And, you know, this is a big enough event that you have celebrities and sports teams, for instance, putting out statements about it. ![]() But I think, you know, when it comes to something like this, where it is really big in the news, there is a pretty good chance that your kids have already heard about it in some form.Ĭertainly, older kids maybe have heard about it from school, or they're on social media. One expert I talked to characterized that as a common mistake - basically, like, you know, kids are citizens of this world, too. For parents, you know, I think it can be easy to sit back and sort of wait for your kids to come to you. ![]() But the experts that I spoke to actually pretty uniformly recommended being proactive about starting a conversation. SEGARRA: Becky, I think the first question a lot of parents might have here is, should I bring this up to my kid at all? You know, like, if they haven't mentioned it, maybe they don't even know about the conflict, and I don't want to scare them unnecessarily.īECKY SULLIVAN, BYLINE: Yeah, I think that is a totally understandable concern. On this episode of LIFE KIT, she's going to share some advice with us on how you can talk to kids about this conflict and other news events that involve death and violence. Becky Sullivan is a reporter for NPR's news desk, and she's been covering this. The news is alarming for anyone, but especially for kids who may have heard about it from their peers or on social media and have a lot of questions. And humanitarian groups are warning of a coming crisis, as Israel has promised to cut off food, water and electricity to Gaza, where nearly half of residents are under 18. Israel, in retaliatory attacks, has killed more than a thousand Palestinians so far, including at least 90 children, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Last weekend, militants from the terrorist group Hamas killed more than a thousand people, including children, in an attack on Israel, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
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