Processing the Highland Park mass shooting with kids

Experts say children are resilient but they need help coping with trauma.

Highland Park shootings - child’s bike
People take photos after a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade in downtown Highland Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb on Monday, July 4, 2022. Nam Y. Huh / Associated Press
Highland Park shootings - child’s bike
People take photos after a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade in downtown Highland Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb on Monday, July 4, 2022. Nam Y. Huh / Associated Press

Processing the Highland Park mass shooting with kids

Experts say children are resilient but they need help coping with trauma.

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Children as young as 8 years of age were injured in the Fourth of July parade shooting in Highland Park, and many more saw parents and community members injured or killed. So how can you process a traumatic event like this with the children in your life?

Reset checks in with a child clinical psychologist to guide your conversations.

GUEST: Dr. Tali Raviv, child clinical psychologist and associate director of the Center for Childhood Resilience at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago