GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Two days of officer-involved shootings at Wisconsin high schools could have kids and parents on edge.
Rebecca Hubbard, the author of the book ‘Kindness in a Scary World’, was a guest speaker at NWTC in Green Bay for a seminar on handling grief.
She says incidents like the one at Oshkosh West High School and Waukesha South High School present important opportunities for parents.
“It is OK to share with your kids, in general how you feel. That you feel afraid or worried or sad.”
She says younger kids, in particular, need the reassurance and straight talk.
“Because when we change the routine for little kids we up the fear.”
For teens, it’s all about communication.
“I think talking to them about what you’re doing as a family, what we’re doing as a community to keep kids safe is really important.”
Hubbard says the worst thing you can do is break up family routines.
“We need to use the fear, to motivate us to do the things differently that keep our kids safe. Because our kids should not go to school being afraid.”
