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melissa brymer helpses.the isal the w director of terrorism and disaster programs at the u.s. -- at the ucla-duke university national center for child traumatic stress. ou on the newshour. this is something so many parents are struggling with. a national tragedy like this occurs. we know our kids will hear about this in some way and we wonder how do we talk to them about it? can we start with the youngest kids, how do we approach this with them? what should we be doing? dr. brymer: let's take a step back and as adults, we need to take care of ourselves first. we need to have a moment, maybe talk to a friend or loved one about what this event has meant to us. then we can have that conversation with our kids. it is important to be honest, that we initiate the conversation. for those young kids, we are going to have to have several small conversations that are short, in this importantly, they are going to want to know that they are safe, that you are safe, that their family is safe. providing them extra love an