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Join Go Ask Mom, Junior League of Raleigh for talk about school shootings

During the May 10 talk, we'll hear tips and suggestions from Dr. Stephanie Zerwas of UNC-Chapel Hill's Department of Psychiatry on how to talk to kids about school shootings. Her talk will be followed by time for questions from the audience.

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Sarah Lindenfeld Hall
, Go Ask Mom editor

Just a reminder that Go Ask Mom and the Junior League of Raleigh will be hosting a special event on May 10 aimed at helping parents find ways to talk about school shootings with their kids.

As I wrote earlier, according to a report published last month in the Journal of Child and Family Studies, researchers found an alarming trend when it comes to school shootings: There have been more school shooting deaths in the last 18 years than there were from 1940 to 2000. And, among the school shooting deaths and injuries in the 20th century, the overwhelming majority of them occurred in the 1990s.

Another worrisome trend: Nearly all of the 21st century shooters were adolescents, "suggesting that it is now easier for adolescents to access guns and adolescents are more frequently suffering from mental illness or limited conflict resolution skills," says the report, whose lead author is Antonis Katsiyannis of Clemson University.

During the May 10 talk, we'll hear tips and suggestions from Dr. Stephanie Zerwas of UNC-Chapel Hill's Department of Psychiatry on how to talk to kids about school shootings. Her talk will be followed by time for questions from the audience.

It takes place from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., May 10, at the Julia Jones Daniels Center for Community Leadership, 711 Hillsborough St., near downtown Raleigh. You can register for the program on the Junior League's website.

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