Parenting Now!: Ways to talk to kids about wildfires and other scary things Parenting Now! (The Register Guide)

Karen Clemmer 9/19/2010:13 PM

By Parenting Now, September 14, 2020, The Register Guard.

A global pandemic, protests, rioting, school closures and now wildfires — 2020 continues to be a very challenging year for parents and children.

No doubt kids have questions about what they are hearing and seeing on the news, as well as experiencing first-hand. It’s not always easy to talk about “scary things” with kids (what’s too much information to give, too little, will this give them nightmares? etc.) For this reason, we’ve compiled some tips from child development experts on how to best approach scary topics.

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