The U.S. currently averages one gun-related mass killing every two weeks, with school shootings reported about once every month. With so much violence in the news, it’s only natural to wonder if we’re seeing new trends. Researchers have been studying the numbers, and they’ve found that these shootings can actually be “contagious.” - One research team, led by Sherry Towers, a professor and statistician...
Try as one can to protect a young child from terrifying images and vivid news stories about school shootings, the realities of these incidents will become the topic of conversation for children of all ages. A child of any age may get as much mis-information as actual factual information from peers: in some instances, the silence about school violence can scare a child as much as known facts. Some parents...