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  • 8 ways to talk to kids about disasters

    With the ever-growing, constantly moving, never sleeping media environment we live in today, kids are some of the first to see or hear about tragedy and disaster around the corner, or around the world. For example, last year's earthquake in Haiti, the Gulf oil spill, and as of last Friday, the quake and tsunami in Japan. But as kids are exposed more and more to disturbing news footage, Twitter updates and Facebook posts, they're going to go to their parents, teachers and pastors with questions. Could this happen to me? What's going to happen to the children? Can I do anything to help the children I see on TV?

    Here's some suggestions from our communications and media staff on how to talk with children about this disaster and its impact...

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