How about explaining news to your children in a non-biased non partisan manner to begin with – PB/TK
Explaining the news to our kids: How to make sense of the nonsensical – By Caroline Knorr / May 29 2017
Shootings, terrorist attacks, natural disasters, end-of-the-world predictions — even political coverage of current events — can be upsetting news for adults, not to mention kids. In our 24/7 news world, it’s become nearly impossible to shield kids from distressing current events.
According to Common Sense Media’s report, News and America’s Kids: How Young People Perceive and Are Impacted by the News, kids get their news from family, friends, teachers, and of course the internet. Kids like to check their social media for shareable videos, posts, blogs, feeds, and alerts. But the news can stress them out. Since much of this content comes from sites that are designed for adult audiences, what your kids see, hear, or read might not always be age-appropriate. Making things even more challenging is the fact that many kids are getting this information directly on their phones and laptops. Often parents aren’t around to immediately help their kids make sense of horrendous situations.
The bottom line is that young kids simply don’t have the ability to understand news events in context, much less know whether or not a source of information is credible. And though older teens are better able to understand current events, even they face challenges when it comes to sifting fact from opinion — or misinformation.
Continue to salon.com article: http://www.salon.com/2017/05/29/explaining-the-news-to-our-kids_partner/
