What to say if a kid asks, “What does it feel like to die?”

The MoJo Daily newsletter, Monday through Friday. [View in browser]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter](     June 2, 2022 Eight days after the slaughter of 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, we once again had to update our [mass shootings database]( yesterday. This time, the target was not a school but a hospital. A gunman in Tulsa, who had been suffering from back pain, killed his doctor and three others before turning the gun on himself. Among his weapons was an AR-15-style rifle he bought just hours before the attack. At a time when it feels like these horrors just keep piling up, my colleague Jackie Flynn Mogensen interviewed Dr. Chandra Ghosh Ippen, a psychologist and the associate director of the [Child Trauma Research Program]( at the University of California, San Francisco, about how to talk to kids after a traumatic event like a mass shooting. While the interview is geared toward parents, it's a helpful read for anyone struggling to make sense of the news of the past few weeks. [Check it out](. —Abigail Weinberg Advertisement [Oxford University Press - Nimitz]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [What to Say if a Kid Asks, “What Does It Feel Like to Die?” and Other Questions About Mass Shootings]( Psychologist Dr. Chandra Ghosh Ippen explains how children may process death differently, and why it's important to think of yourself as a "catcher" in difficult conversations. BY JACKIE FLYNN MOGENSEN [Trending] [How American influencers built a world wide web of vaccine disinformation]( BY KIERA BUTLER AND NEHA WADEKAR   [The magazine supply chain is in chaos. Mother Jones isn't immune.]( BY CLAUDIA SMUKLER   [The Education Department just took its biggest debt cancellation step ever]( BY HANNAH LEVINTOVA   [Top scientist: We can't adapt our way out of this climate crisis]( BY FIONA HARVEY Advertisement [Oxford University Press - Nimitz]( [Special Feature] [Special Feature]( [And the winner of the Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard trial is…men]( “It’s not illogical for survivors to pause and say, ‘Is it worth it to come forward?'” BY MADISON PAULY [Fiercely Independent] Support from readers allows Mother Jones to do journalism that doesn't just follow the pack. [Donate]( Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by [forwarding]( it to a friend or sharing it on [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Mother Jones]( [Donate]( [Subscribe]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755