Colman Noctor: What to tell your child when ‘that would never happen here’ turns out false

With children becoming more social media savvy, it’s becoming more difficult to protect them from bad news stories like the Dublin stabbings

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“But I thought you said that would never happen here.” This is what my 11-year-old said to me as we drove home last night.

She was referring to a previous conversation we had when she asked me about school shootings in the US.