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Scenario

How to prepare children for danger without traumatizing them

My son's school has active shooter drills and I don't know if I should prepare him for violence or protect his innocence and either choice feels like it will damage him.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The need to protect children from violence conflicts with the need to prepare them for realistic threats to their safety.

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