With increased gun violence and related events, it is important for parents and caregivers to discuss this topic with children. What do parents need to know about how to discuss gun violence, and what efforts can be taken to minimize these events? Professors at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center discuss efforts that can minimize gun violence events, prevention tips and how to talk about these events with your kids

Tags: ADULTS, CAREGIVERS, YOUTH, TEENS, GUN VIOLENCE, COMMUNITY VIOLENCE, PREVENTION, ADVICE

In this very special episode, Nancy Kislin answers your questions directly and provides very important guidance that can help us all. Nancy Kislin, LCSW, MFT has been a therapist specializing in helping adults reach anxious kids for almost 30 years. She is also the author of the book "LOCKDOWN: Talking to Your Kids about School Violence," and frequently educates on how adults can help children navigate a difficult world.

Tags: ADULTS, PARENTS, CAREGIVERS, YOUTH, TEENS, GUN VIOLENCE, PREVENTION, ADVICE, SUPPORT, ANXIETY, VIOLENCE, EDUCATION, RESOURCES, PODCAST

Almost every day it seems that we are exposed to various acts of violence — school shootings, war, terrorism and more. As a result, our kids can end up feeling confused, frightened and unsafe. How can we validate those feelings while providing comfort to our kids? How do we encourage them to ask questions, even if we may not have all the answers? Should we wait until they come to us or bring it up ourselves?

Tags: ADULTS, CAREGIVERS, TEENS, VIOLENCE, SAFETY, PREVENTION, SUPPORT, TIPS

The focus of this podcast episode is: Supporting Your Kids – Understanding your child’s perspective of gun violence and how you can support them. Kids will show you that something is bothering them through their behavior, not necessarily with words. They may be more aggressive than usual. They may seem sullen or quieter than normal. They may seem to have more energy. They may start to get sick more frequently or more severely. Our culture may label these things as misbehaviors or unrelated to things that have happened, but I’ve learned that most of the time they’re actually signs of stress, of a story that they can’t make sense of, or something that they need more support to handle

Tags: ADULTS, PARENTS, YOUTH, CAREGIVER, TEENS, GUN VIOLENCE, WARNING SIGNS, ADVICE, SUPPORT, RESOURCES, STRESS, ANXIETY, EDUCATION, PODCAST

Listen to a Howard University student thoughts on gun safety and how to understand the gun reform movement that is being shared nationally. It also speaks to parents who do chose to have a gun in their homes and the best ways to store their firearm safely so that their children do not have access to it.

Tags: ADULTS, YOUTH, TEENS, GUN VIOLENCE, COMMUNITY VIOLENCE, SUPPORT, 1-1 TALKS, ADVICE

We have a serious problem in the United States of America with gun violence. It feels really scary to us and we’ve felt powerless to make it stop. This podcast series is about gun violence, safety, and support for families, In this first episode, we’re going to be looking at what it takes to really listen to understand, and another way we can look at what’s happening with the boys and men in our culture that I haven’t seen anyone talking about.

Tags: ADULTS, PARENTS, YOUTH, TEENS, GUNS, GUN VIOLENCE, PREVENTION, SAFETY, BOYS, MEN, WARNING SIGNS, SUPPORT, FAMILY, RESOURCES, COMMUNICATION, PODCAST

This episode covers the sensitive topic of knife crime, murder and violence against young adults and children. It shares the emotions and distraught violence leaves behind to love ones and how these horrifying acts begin. *ADULT CONTENT*

Tags: ADULTS, CAREGIVERS, TEENS, VIOLENCE, KNIVES, MURDER, SAFETY, PREVENTION, SUPPORT