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Re: Mama's trying to help with the violence issue

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bob carl (bcarl28)
Sun, 29 Mar 1998 14:10:56 -0500

SPAMING helps no one. These events , though they seem to be, are no more
connected
than the New York Yankees winning the 1996 World Series and the JFK
assassination.
We are too influenced by the media to draw our own conclusions. Let's all
step back,
take a deep breath and get on about our business-teaching art.

On Sun, 29 Mar 1998 13:14:18 -0500 Jane Shiflett Manner
<jmanner> writes:
>>Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 12:48:39 -0500
>>To: Jeff S. McLarty <mclarty>
>>From: Jane Shiflett Manner <jmanner>
>>Subject: Mama's trying to help
>>
>>I'm definitely not a "limp biscuit". This is "let love find a way"
>and
>"whatever gets you through the night". Hope it helps with Rachel. PS
>Thanks for the computer. Mars is next.
>>Mama
>>
>>Talking to kids about violence
>>
>>icFlorida Staff
>>
>>Two students open fire on their classmates in Arkansas; a man takes
>two
>small children hostage in Orlando; still no leads in the murder of
>child
>beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey. As much as you might like to, you can't
>shut
>your children off from the rest of the world. So how do you talk to
>them
>about news that may lead to nightmares?
>>
>>Many parents believe if they don't talk about the violence their
>children
>hear about, the children will forget it. A local psychologist said
>this
>week's news presents a good opportunity to teach children how to deal
>with
>anger as well as fear. Dr. Mimi Hull of Hull and Associates says
>parents
>can discuss with their children how the person involved in the crime
>could
>and should have dealt with their problems.
>>
>>Talking about things in the news can open a window into your child's
>life
>outside the home. Hull says "it's a good time to talk to your kids
>about
>their friends. You can ask if they talk to their friends about guns."
>Hull
>says parents can use this conversation to differentiate between
>tattling
>and telling the appropriate person to help protect the safety of
>others.
>>
>>Betsy McAlister Groves, director of the Child Witness to Violence
>Project
>at Boston Medical Center says parents should not wait for young
>children to
>express fear. In an interview with Good Housekeeping Groves suggests
>parents take this course of action:
>>
>>• Encourage children to talk: Ask questions that will draw out their
>fears.
>>
>>• Answer simply: Once you find out what your child's fears are,
>answer
>simply. Groves says, "give children the information they ask for, but
>not
>more than they've asked for."
>>
>>• Appeal to logic: Arm your child with concrete ways to deal with
>things
>that upset them. For example if your child is afraid of being in a car
>accident and is too young to understand the law of averages, you may
>try
>showing them where the accident happened on a map and where you live
>to
>help them distance themselves from the accident.
>>Every day, TV news exposes our children to murders, kidnappings, and
>bombings. How can we calm their fears and help them feel safe?
>>
>>
>>BY SANDY KEENAN
>>
>>Eight-year-old Caitlin Tanner* and her classmates can't stop talking
>about
>JonBenet Ramsey, the little blonde beauty queen whose murder last
>December
>has been the subject of countless TV newscasts. At an age when their
>tastes
>run to baggy blue jeans and simple T-shirts, most of the girls'
>commentary
>revolves around why they don't like JonBenet's fancy clothing, and how
>silly it is for little girls to wear makeup. Occasionally, they come
>seeking a parent's reassurance: "Mommy, am I as pretty as JonBenet?"
>>
>>But every week or two — after yet another story airs on the evening
>news —
>more disturbing questions arise: "Mommy, you would never let anyone
>kill
>me, right?"
>>
>>There's no shortage of news to terrify a child: Heaven's Gate,
>Bosnia,
>Oklahoma City, O.J. Simpson, the latest crime in your own community.
>We can
>turn off the TV and the radio; we can even keep magazines and
>newspapers
>out of the house — but there's still no way to ensure that our
>children are
>protected from the kno
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wledge of every ugly crime or frightening event.
>"Kids today live in a world where violence is the norm," says Ellen
>Casper,
>Ph.D., a clinical psychologist practicing in Ohio. "There are things
>to be
>afraid of that didn't confront us when we were children. When there
>are
>stories about a man taking a child out of her bedroom in a safe
>neighborhood, children have good reason to be afraid."
>>
>>Local schools
>>stress prevention
>>
>>By Jim Babcock
>>and Lynn Hulsey
>>DAYTON DAILY NEWS
>>
>>Miami Valley school officials hope their students are safe from
>tragedies
>like Tuesday's shooting at a Jonesboro, Ark., middle school.
>>
>>But some districts, such as the Mad River Local School District in
>Riverside, try to be prepared for such an emergency by establishing
>procedures which administrators, teachers and students follow in the
>event
>of any threat to student health or safety.
>>
>>The district also has school counselors and teachers trained to spot
>potentially troubled students and to provide counseling to those who
>need
>help in hopes of preventing such a tragedy.
>>
>>"But how in the world do you prevent something like that?" Mary
>Harper,
>Mad River's public information director, asked Tuesday afternoon
>referring
>to the Arkansas shooting. "We don't even know right now if those boys
>were
>students at that school."
>>
>>In Jonesboro, police said two youths wearing camouflage clothing shot
>and
>killed four students and a teacher and wounded 10 at a middle school
>where
>students were assembled outside during a fire alarm.
>>
>>Harper said the Mad River District tries to work with troubled
>students to
>try to prevent them from acting out with violent behavior.
>>
>>"Basically, it's kind of an intervention thing," she said. "It's a
>matter
>of just staying on top for kids. The teachers have tell-tale things
>they
>watch for. "
>>
>>In addition to incidents of violence, Mad River's crisis plan can be
>used
>for any emergency including natural disasters or accidents.
>>
>>She said in addition to quickly moving students from harm's way, a
>crisis
>man- agement team--comprised of school counselors from each school in
>the
>district--would immediately move in and begin counseling so that upset
>students are not left to cope on their own.
>>
>>Harper also said the emergency procedure plans are included in all
>student
>handbooks so that students and parents know what is expected of them.
>>
>>Jill Moberley, public information officer for Dayton schools said the
>district also has a crisis manual that was adopted two years ago.
>Before
>the district developed the plan, they had a less formalized system in
>place, Moberley said.
>>
>>Now, in the event of an emergency in one of the schools, the building
>principal contacts the district's command center which serves as
>central
>crisis headquarters.
>>
>>The Dayton school district also has specially trained staff who are
>trained to deal with various emergencies. Those staffers received
>regular
>instruction on how to handle a large-scale crisis, she said.
>>
>>
>

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