Anxiety is a normal part of childhood, but when it becomes overwhelming, it can interfere with learning, friendships, and daily life. This article explains how to recognize signs of anxiety in children and offers effective, age-appropriate tools for managing it. With understanding, structure, and support, families and educators can help
Emotions have a large effect on parenting. Understanding emotional control can help parents handle difficult situations better.
Children need connection and guidance to grow into healthy adults. The presentation focuses on using connection in discipline.
Provides information on how to talk to children about mass shootings. This tip sheet describes ways to talk to children about mass violence events that involve a shooting. It gives tips about how to start the conversation, common reactions children may have, and how to seek help if needed.
You may be struggling to understand how a shooting rampage could take place in a community, even a workplace or military base, and why such a terrible thing would happen.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that can affect kids who have experienced something very upsetting.
You will find tips broken down into a range of ages and experiences, and information about what to say, who should say it, what to look out for and how to help.
In the wake of a traumatic event, your comfort, support and reassurance can make children feel safe, help them manage their fears, guide them through their grief, and help them recover in a healthy way. This guide offers simple tips on what to expect, what to do and what to
Describes how young children, school-age children, and adolescents react to traumatic events and offers suggestions on how parents and caregivers can help and support them.
Offers parents guidance on helping their children after a shooting. This fact sheet describes common reactions children may have, how parents can help them, and self-care tips after an event.
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