As a parent or carer, you want to protect your children from the harsh realities of the world. But tragedies happen, and these frightening world events scare us, even as adults.
Reports of natural disasters, famine, terrorism, violence, and wars fill our lives. And children feel these things as immediate to them. An earthquake in a far-off country may seem very real and possible to them.
While we do our best to shelter children from traumatic events, they have a great deal of access to information in the news and online. They hear their friends talking on the playground and see and hear thing we may not want them to.
Children can pick up on our emotions, too. When you are stressed or anxious, they can notice it, even if we don’t say anything.
Here are some ways that you as parents or carers can tackle talking to children about frightening events happening in the world.
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