By Larry Zier, Omaha World-Record, September 19, 2020
Our children have never known the uncertainty of a global crisis such as the coronavirus pandemic. Collectively, it is our nature to pick ourselves up and forge on.
However, this trauma and its rippling effects of limited socialization and in-person interactions continue to add to this real life-threat. The question then becomes, what can parents do to help children process the trauma and begin to heal?
By definition, emotional and psychological trauma occurs when a catastrophic or stressful event threatens our safety or makes us feel helpless. Stress on a continuum becomes trauma. In response to this perceived threat, our nervous system reacts to the trigger in three ways ā fight, flight or freeze (none of which help support co-regulation, trust and flexibility).
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