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(EMAILWIRE.COM, December 25, 2012 ) San Francisco, CA -- When it comes to explaining the recent Connecticut elementary school shooting, teachers may have difficulty knowing exactly how to approach the issue. Some may wish to ignore it, while others may feel it is best to caste reality on the children. According to one Minnesota expert, parents should talk about it, while not offering too much information.
“You have to just strike a balance,” Abi Gewirtz said. “Don’t avoid it, but don’t overwhelm them, either,” says a University of Minnesota professor. The educator encouraged parents to maintaining a general routine and to answer questions about the shooting when asked.
Parents must be capable and willing to offer information, but only the information asked about. Parents should not load children with too much information they are not seeking for, she stated. According to her, parents should not discuss “their own agenda, but what the children’s agenda is.”
Minnesota lies close to 1,200 miles from the Sandy Point Elementary School, but the impact of the event still resonates in the state as if it happened there.
“A child doesn’t understand what 1,200 miles means,” Gewirtz said. “For that child, the incident could be happening down the street.”
Seemingly endless television coverage makes it so that distance means very little when a tragedy such as the shooting occurs. Many Minnesota schools have reported calls of concern coming from parents since the horrific day.
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton stated that children, as well as their parents, should feel safe when at school.
“This dastardly, cold-blooded murder of innocent children and their educators by a deranged individual shocks Minnesotans,” Dayton said.
Minnesota Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius stated that finding healing following the Newton shooting will take some serious time.
“Today, innocent children and educators lost their lives in an unspeakable tragedy,” she said Friday. “When we send our children to school, we expect they will be safe and secure. Nothing is worse than when our confidence is shaken and the safety of a child is put into question.”
Tom Dooher, Education Minnesota President, stated that schools must review safety policies, while parents should take the time to take proactive efforts to assist in such an effort.
“We also encourage Minnesota parents to take some extra time to talk with their children about what happened,” Dooher said.
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