Via Axios – “Several school districtsdirected parents and educators to in-depth resources from organizations that specialize in trauma response:

• How to talk to kids in the aftermath — individualized by age (Common Sense Media).
• What to emphasize when talking to kids (National Association of School Psychologists).
• Common reactions in kids and what to do about them (National Child Traumatic Stress Network).

The leading cause of death among American children is now guns.

• Firearms passed motor vehicles as the top killer of kids in 2020, the most recent CDC data available.
• Why it matters: The firearm death rate among children is steadily rising.
• More kids are involved in gun-related homicides, including Tuesday’s mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas — and in suicides and accidents.
• Nearly two-thirds of the 4,368 U.S. youths up to age 19 who were killed by guns in 2020 were homicide victims, the CDC says.
• Motor vehicle crashes, formerly the leading cause of death for kids 1 and older, killed nearly 4,000 children.”
• Via Judd Legum: “According to a 2018 Small Arms Survey, the latest data, there are more civilian-owned firearms in the United States than people, with more than 120 guns for every 100 Americans.”

• Quartz – Recent laws made it even easier to own and carry guns in Texas and Gun and ammo stocks soar after the Uvalde mass shooting