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After talking about these violent events, parents should immediately make sure their children feel safe by reassuring them that they're not in danger. "Kids are going to be very concerned about what's going to happen to them and their family," says Harold Fishbein, a child psychologist at the University of Cincinnati. "Tell them, yes, everyone is at risk for something like this to happen to them, but the risk is extremely small." Dr. Kenneth Fletcher, associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, tells parents not to force children to talk about the attacks if they don't want to. But if they do, "let them get their feelings out. Let them make drawings or write stories. And above all, hold them, kiss them, spend time with them, and comfort them.