Often children's fears come from media coverage. When a young child, and I mean any child under the age of seven, sees repeated coverage of something happening and it's just a replay of what happened, the child thinks it's happening all over again. It's as if we're retraumatizing our child every time they see that news replay. So turn off the media. Children under the age of seven should not be exposed to TV news because it's purposely designed to keep us engaged by telling us about traumas. So it's very important for children that age to not actually see TV news. It shouldn't be watched in front of them. And if there's a tradegy, especially turn it off and then calm yourself before you try to talk to your child about it.