Little girl feeling depressed after reading text message on mobile telephone in home bedroom. Concept of bullying and loneliness among preteens
Little girl feeling depressed after reading text message on mobile telephone in home bedroom. Concept of bullying and loneliness among preteens

Medicine’s Jane Timmons-Mitchell gives advice on speaking to children about tragic events

Avon Lake community devastated after deaths of four people in murder-suicide

WKYC: Jane Timmons-Mitchell, associate clinical professor of psychology at the School of Medicine, said explaining tragedies—such as suicide—to children is not an exact science. But it’s always important to be sensitive and age-appropriate.