Insights

Offer Insights into Issues Involving Violent Behavior and Attitudes at an Early Age

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Dr. Robin Gurwitch, professor, Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, shares how children impacted by the bombing reacted to the trauma.

Following the bombing, psychologists like Dr. Gurwitch began to call attention to the need to help children process their feelings and fears. As a result, the Memorial launched programs designed to help young people understand the senselessness of violence and to employ non-violent resolutions to conflicts.