Rita Martinez does whatever she can to protect her kids.
"I want to keep them in their childhood as much as possible. Let them be children," the mother of two said.
She says she doesn't want them to grow up too fast. So she tries to shield her daughters of anything negative.
"If they don't have that fear in them it's not a worry," Martinez said. "They can go on playing, coloring, and enjoying their day."
Whenever the kids are at home, they aren't allowed to watch television coverage of the events happening around the world.
But Martinez realizes when they leave the house. It's out of her control.
"If it gets brought up at school or one of their friends say something or they overhear a conversation," Martinez said. "I will talk to them as very little as what they need to know."
Child psychiatrist Jed Magen says what Martinez is doing is noble but not realistic, "you certainly can't discount reality, kids are smart."
So smart that they will eventually start ask questions.
"They tend to think whatever probably happened right here or very nearby," Magen said. "Therefore they feel very vulnerable."
That's why parents need to talk and listen to their kids to reassure them that they are safe.
"You want to be kind of matter of fact but acknowledge these are awful things and some times really awful things happen," said Magen.
The conversations shouldn't just be with little kids but also teenagers who are usually watching those graphic images.
"Some times teenagers are seeing more graphic images than say younger children might be seeing in the mainstream media through social media," said Managing Director for Ele's Place, Kate Powers.
Teenagers just like younger kids will have questions and Rita Martinez knows her kids do.
"I try to answer them as clean cut as possible," Martinez said.
Other than that she'll continue to limit what they know and see.
