Begun Center’s Daniel J. Flannery gives advice on talking to children about violent events

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TimeDaniel J. Flannery, director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention and the Dr. Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor in the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, gave advice on approaches parents can use to explain violent events to children. “It’s important to reassure them that they are safe,” he said.