Kids are typically worried about their personal safety after experiencing a traumatic event, Norcross continued. “As parents, you should provide reassurance that they are safe and that you are there to protect them from harm,” he said. The Nashville shooting on Monday took the lives of three ...
Adolescents face various challenges, with anxiety and depression being significant concerns. These disorders can heavily impact their daily lives and sometimes lead to severe consequences like suicide, which underscores the need for effective support systems. In extreme cases tied to traumatic events, inc...
"We really like to try to keep young kids away from watching things like that on television," he says. "These are very intense images with very little context," he says. Plus, the newscast tends to jump around. "You are watching a traumatic event in New York City, something from the ...
Trauma leads to emotional reactions, changes in behavior, emotional shock, and even post-traumatic stress disorder. The first step in helping children cope with catastrophe is to sort through our own feelings and get the support we need.
Giving kids information about a loved one's death in small bits at a time can help an adult gauge what they can handle. Source: "Hippo on the Window," George Hodan, used with permission It's never easy to deal with death. As adults, it overwhelms us. And it'...
For us (me, my husband and our two daughters), the actual drop off wasn’t traumatic or hysterical or anything like that. It was clear throughout our ride to Ohio (where my oldest daughter was heading to attend Kenyon College) that we were all trying very hard not to focus on what ...
if there are other ones that you would like to talk about, you probably gonna have to make another appointment for it. It’s not satisfying I hate myself, but if you go in at least get that one thing out of it, that’s better than…you know, one good answer is better than six ...
Traumatic past events (for example, a character has a scar on his forefinger because his younger brother attacked him with a box-cutter in a major argument when they were kids) You could show a character that has a life of leisure and pampering by saying that their nails are beautifully ...
Kids went mad for their metal. Critics hated it. And much to the band’s dismay, Satanists found their battle cry in the heavy gloom that Black Sabbath had awakened. This episode was originally published on October 26, 2021. To see the full list of contributors, see the show notes at ...
Lessons that mental health professionals have gained from broadening language related to other aspects of identity may apply here. For instance, mental health providers often have experience discussing family structures (e.g., “families look all different ways—some kids have a mom and a dad, som...