Saturday, November 14, 2015
7 Ways to Help Children Deal with Fear
Tragedy is all around us. It’s on the news every night — and all throughout the day. We talk about it at the dinner table. And, as fun and engaging as it can be, we can thank social media for keeping us constantly informed of all the bad things happening in our world.
Evil is rampant — and, because of this – fear is rampant.
And, it doesn’t impact only us.
Our children are not immune from fear. In an Information Age — they know what we know, filtered, of course, with their childlike mind.
Violence even happens in school — in malls — in churches — places children go regularly.
Childhood can be a scary time of life naturally, but especially these days. We should never diminish a child’s fear or the impact the news of the day is having on them. It may be totally irrational fear – something you know is completely impossible — but it’s very real to them.
How does a parent or teacher address this fear? Read more
Posted by Robin G. Jordan at 10:43 AM