This story was originally published on April 24, 2019, and has been updated.
The news can be devastating: Communities are reeling after a mass shooting killed two children and injured 18 people, including three adults and 15 children, at the Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis this week. That’s as the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine continue a near-daily drumbeat of tragic, inexorable headlines.
These events can be incomprehensible for adults — so how do we talk about them with kids?…