CHARLOTTE, N.C. — While WCNC Charlotte has chosen not to show the full video from the deadly light rail stabbing , it has been widely shared on social media. With kids scrolling online all the time and being susceptible to these videos, WCNC Charlotte is looking at the everyday impact violent videos can have on your children’s mental health.

The American Academy of Pediatrics said that by the time children reach middle school, they may have watched 8,000 murders and 100,000 other acts of violence on social media.

So, we are looking at the best way to talk to your children about these videos and how to help get rid of the visuals.

“When we’re seeing violence on social media, it in itself is traumatizing," Chivonna Childs, a psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic, said. "Often on so

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