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Talking to Children about Tragedy & Other News Events [healthychildren.org]

 

By Healthy Children, American Academy of Pediatrics, July 2019

After any disaster, parents and other adults struggle with what they should say and share with children and what not to say or share with them.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) encourages parents, teachers, child care providers, and others who work closely with children to filter information about the crisis and present it in a way that their child can accommodate, adjust to, and cope with.

No matter what age or developmental stage the child is, parents can start by asking a child what they’ve already heard. Most children will have heard something, no matter how old they are. After you ask them what they’ve heard, ask what questions they have.

[For more on this story, written by HealthyChildren.org, go to: https://www.healthychildren.or...her-News-Events.aspx].

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