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Geneva Reacts: How to Talk to Your Kids After Today's Tragedy in Newtown, CT
With at least 18 children among the 26 dead in a shooting rampage, Geneva educators are suggesting ways to help your kids cope.
Geneva School District 304, Mill Creek Elementary School Principal George Petmezas, Western Avenue School Principal Ron Zeman and others are offering some resources for talking points parents can use to discuss today's tragic events in Newtown, CT. At least one gunman attacked a suburban Connecticut elementary school Friday, killing an estimated 26 people, including 18 children, law enforcement sources said. The Chicago Tribune reports that Adam Lanza, 20, is the primary suspect. Previously, his older brother, Ryan Lanza, was mistakenly named as the shooter by law enforcement. The boys' mother, Nancy Lanza, worked at the school as a teacher and is presumed dead, the Tribune reports. Some reports place the number of dead at 30. "Today we …
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Jon Azavedo
8:07 pm on Sunday, December 16, 2012
Wow. Am isolated incident, horrific, yet isolated. And the suggested response is to build schools like prisons? Or better, to read a website on tips how to talk to your kids? It's life. Life is tough. How long do you shelter Little Johnny? From what I've seen in business, some 30 yo's are still being sheltered from life's realities, still have Moomy and Daddy footing the bills, telling Johnny his… more ›