Talking to kids about school shootings

By Brenda Ruiz
APTOPIX Connecticut School Shootings
Elizabeth Bogdanoff, left, kisses her daughter Julia, 13, both of Newtown, Conn., during a prayer service at St John's Episcopal Church in Newtown, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012. The massacre of 26 children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary school elicited horror and soul-searching around the world even as it raised more basic questions about why the gunman, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, would have been driven to such a crime and how he chose his victims. David Goldman / AP Photo
APTOPIX Connecticut School Shootings
Elizabeth Bogdanoff, left, kisses her daughter Julia, 13, both of Newtown, Conn., during a prayer service at St John's Episcopal Church in Newtown, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012. The massacre of 26 children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary school elicited horror and soul-searching around the world even as it raised more basic questions about why the gunman, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, would have been driven to such a crime and how he chose his victims. David Goldman / AP Photo

Talking to kids about school shootings

By Brenda Ruiz
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A school shooting in Michigan claimed four lives this week, leaving many parents and students reeling.

Reset hears from an expert on how to talk about these traumatizing events with your kids.

GUEST: Colleen Cicchetti, pediatric psychologist at Lurie Children’s Hospital, executive director at Center for Childhood Resilience