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Talking with your Kids: Resources on Kidsgrowth.com
| Raising a child
is one of the most gratifying jobs a parent will ever have and one of the
toughest. Try as you might to be the best parent you can, our complex world
challenges you every day with disturbing issues that are difficult for children
to understand and for parents to explain. We have developed an index of articles
that appear on our site to help you talk to your kids about today's tough
issues. For additional information, parents can go to the
Talking
with Kids website, sponsored by Children Now and the Kaiser Foundation.
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Violence/Disasters/Crisis |
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Talking
with Children about Today's Tragic Events Provides suggestions
for parents following terrorist attack on the United States, September 11,
2001
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Innocence
Lost: Helping Children cope with Tragedy.
As we faced last month's horrific national news, virtually
every parent had questions about how to help their child cope with such
unbelievable events. Do I shield the eyes of my child, or do I help them
try to understand? What do I tell my child? Could my child have a delayed
reaction to this tragedy?
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Talking with kids about disasters (The
Tsumani)
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Helping
Our Children Deal with Shocking Events Patty Wipfler, director
of the Parents Leadership Institute, provides parents with advice to help
them talk with their kids about shocking events in the news (written after
the terrorist attack on New York and Washington).
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A
Parents Guide for Dealing with the Tragedy of September 11,
2001 This guide was created by the Union of American
Hebrew Congregations' Department of Jewish Education in the wake of the tragic
events of September 11, 2001. Designed to be used by educators, faculty members,
and parents, the materials are divided into age-appropriate units.
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Talk
to Kids About Disturbing Events Written after the 1999 shooting
involving children at the Jewish Community Center in California
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Ten
Tips for Talking to Kids About the News Courtesy of Children
Now
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Children
and Terrorism Describes the Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome
and what parents might expect weeks to months after a disturbing event
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When
a Crisis Strikes Home Written during the time when the National
Guard was called up and sent to Yugoslavia, this article talks about what
parents can do when a crisis affects people the children know.
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Advice
from the American Academy of Pediatrics about talking to children
about disasters
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Helping
Kids Weather a Natural Disaster
Parents can help calm children’s
common fear of severe weather and help protect children from harm by discussing
how weather happens, ways to protect the family in advance and what to do
in an emergency.
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Lessons
Learned from Littelton. Written after the Colombine shootings.
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Help
for Kids in Crisis Provides resources for parents when a crisis hits.
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Be
Available for your Kids This article discusses how parents
can help their children deal with the everyday news stories of violence,
disasters, weather-related concerns, and accidents.
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Teaching
Kids to Bounce Back When a crisis arrives, there are steps
that parents and other significant adults can take to help children not only
survive, but even to thrive
As a reminder, this information should not be relied on as
medical advice and is not intended to replace the advice of your child’s pediatrician.
Please read our full disclaimer.
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