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How to help kids cope with news of school shootings

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A woman comforts a young girl during a vigil service Friday for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn.

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What should parents do to help their children cope with the Connecticut school shootings? “Turn off the television,” said David Finkelhor, director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire. If weekend plans include decorating a Christmas tree, having a play date or attending a holiday concert, those things should go on.