Hey there, I'm Ryan Willard.

I'm Pamela Kirkland and this is The Ten News.

We've gotten a lot of messages asking for help on talking to kids about gun violence and the recent events.

So we at the Ten News put together a two-part special report.

This first part is specifically for grown-ups and covers the best ways to have

conversations with kids about gun violence. The second part is for families and is our main

episode where we hope to give some context to the tough news about gun violence. This episode is

part one. Our creator and executive producer Tracy Leeds Kaplan is a parent herself and

she sat down with Jody Baumstein, a licensed therapist with children's health care of Atlanta Strong for

Life. Now we're going to throw it to them and listen in. Welcome to the 10 News. Can you tell,

can you tell our tenors who you are? Sure. Well, thanks for having me. It's great to be with you. So I'm Jody. I'm a licensed

therapist and I work with Children's Health Care Atlanta Strong for Life and I also have a private

practice outside of that. Well, we're so happy to have you today. Unfortunately, it is under

some tough circumstances and news. Today we're going to talk about how do parents,

how can parents talk to their kids about gun violence and school shootings? So just to start off,

should they talk to their kids about gun violence and what happened last week in Nashville?

Well, it depends on the child.

So there isn't one clear answer.

We want to be thinking about how old the child is, how they're doing developmentally,

and if it's appropriate to talk to them.

So if we think about a toddler, for instance, and they're not exposed to this,

there's just no good reason to bring this up.

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