Editor's pick: Raising compassionate kids in a violent world

In this week’s Editor’s Pick on APtly Said, we are featuring resources from the National Association of School Psychologists that offer guidelines for dealing with the difficult subject of children and violence -- in particular, war and terrorism. In recent years, increasingly, there have been numerous heartbreaking mass shootings and terror activities in the United States and around the globe. In the aftermath of such distressing incidents, many parents are wondering how to react: 'How much information? What and how should we communicate to our kids?' And as we reflect on such painful incidents and move towards healing, another imperative question we need to ask ourselves is, 'What role do we play, as parents to children who will become the adults of tomorrow?'