When war and conflict hits the news, how should you approach the topic with your children? We ask some experts. Read more on Grazia.
The rolling news cycle of the devastation coming out of the Israel-Gaza crisis can feel overwhelming and unrelenting to adults. Least of all when it comes to how - or if - we should approach it with our children.
However, while older children and teenagers may see the horrors unfolding on their phones, even younger children may hear news on the TV while they’re eating dinner, catch a glimpse of a newspaper front page, or hear about it on the radio on their drive to school, says psychologist and author Linda Blair.
Helen O’Connor, the Head of Communication Education at the Red Cross and a former secondary school teacher, suggests one way of reassuring young children is by showing them a map of where the conflict is taking place compared to where they are. ‘Very young children may worry the conflict is closer than it is, so a map may help calm their fears.'
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