How resilient are kids after Newtown?
Although local school officials say they haven’t heard many reports of students having a difficult time dealing with the Dec. 14 school shootings in Connecticut, a doctor at Bradley Hospital in East Providence says it’s important for teachers and parents to keep an open dialogue with children. “I think our parents did a really good [...]
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PORTSMOUTH — It wasn’t a talk Christina Craft was looking forward to having. Not with her 8-year-old daughter. Not without a script. Not when she was having trouble processing the information herself. When news broke that a gunman slaughtered 20 young children and six staff members at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. on Dec. [...]
Read More →Sadly, we have thrown God out of our lives
To the editor: When senseless violence like the tragedy in Newtown, Conn. happens, the experts talk about issues like ineffective gun control, better mental health services, increasing violence found in realistic videos, and stronger security in schools. But I do believe the most essential solution is being avoided. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor who died [...]
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