Experts urge parents to prepare kids for possible livestreamed execution

The Pentagon’s plan to livestream Nidal Malik Hasan’s firing-squad execution creates a parenting challenge that extends well beyond the broadcast. xperts suggest that grownups who care about children start by setting aside matters of politics and public policy — like the Nov. midterm elections and the debate over capital punishment.

Focus instead on how witnessing someone's death by firing squad might land with young viewers — and how best to reassure and protect them.