Navigating conversations with children about war, conflict and other traumatic events
Children living through the latest war in the Middle East or seeing images of the conflict may need help making sense of events that many adults find unnerving. Exposure to war, even if it is indirect, can affect how kids think, feel and behave, according to mental health experts. Child psychologists and development specialists encourage parents to check in with their children, make time for age-appropriate conversations and to correct misinformation without going into excessive detail. “Sometimes adults think if they don’t talk about something that is difficult, than it doesn’t exist. But we know that’s not the reality in