You may want to shield your children from the information that something terrible has happened in the world
and this is a normal wish. However, if they learn about this information in the schoolyard or from a friend
you have no control over the information or the slant that person gives it.
It is best if you, the parent, informs your children about what has happened so they
learn accurate information from a person they trust.
It is also important that you allow them to be as upset as they need to be and that you, as the grownup, stay calm and reassuring.
Allow your child to listen and ask questions for as long or short a period as they are comfortable with. Each child is different and each child is different at different ages.
Children absorb information and process it as their own speeds, so one child might ask many questions and the second child might listen quietly, that is fine, they are each doing what they need.
Your job as parent to to reassure them that they are safe, or tell them what you are doing to keep yourself and them safe (if you are in the midst of a dangerous event),
and to reassure them that various government agencies are working to keep them safe.
In the attached article there is a guide indicating how to speak with children of different ages.
Read more…http://time.com/4112751/how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-the-attacks-in-paris/