Wednesday, May 25, 2022

In the News ... “How to talk to your kids about the Uvalde school shooting"

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• Explain things in the simplest yet factual way you can

Nicole Villalpando, Reporter
Austin American-Statesman

AUSTIN, TEXAS - Another school shooting.

With 19 students and two teachers killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on Tuesday, parents might be at a loss. How do we explain this to our kids? What can we say that we haven’t said multiple times?

After the Las Vegas concert shooting in 2017, Jane Ripperger-Suhler, a child psychiatrist at Seton’s Texas Child Study Center, had this advice for parents about how much we should say about a mass shooting. It’s good advice for what has happened [Tuesoday] ...

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How you can help Texas elementary school shooting survivors, victims
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• Blood drives, GoFundMe page set up for victims of Texas school shooting

Sarah Ann Dueñas, Reporter
Austin American-Statesman

AUSTIN, TEXAS - The community of Uvalde, Texas, is reeling after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers – at an elementary school Tuesday, authorities said.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the shooter walked into Robb Elementary School in Uvalde around noon Central time and opened fire with a handgun. The shooter was killed by responding police, Abbott said.

Uvalde is a city of about 16,000 people about 80 miles west of San Antonio.

Here is how you can help the community of Uvalde ...

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Ector County Sheriff's Office collecting donations for Uvalde County
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• Donations will be presented to the Uvalde County sheriff on Friday

Staff Report
KWES-TV

ODESSA, TEXAS - Sheriff Mike Griffis announced on his Facebook page the Ector County Sheriff's Office will be collecting donations for Uvalde County ...

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