Connecticut School Shooting: How to Discuss with Your Children
What, if anything, will you say to your children about Friday's mass killings at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school?
Parents' hearts were in their throats in Midtown and across the country as news spread Friday of an elementary school shooting in Connecticut that reportedly took the lives of 20 children and 8 adults. Newtown Patch in Connecticut has been providing continuing coverage of Friday's tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School that was carried out by a single adult who is now dead. Connecticut state police say an investigation is underway to piece together what motivated the gunman. On Friday in response to the shooting, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed ordered flags to be flown at half-staff. In a statement, Reed said: “On behalf of the City of Atlanta, I want to express my deepest sympathy for the children, families, teachers and first responders …
