Building Resilience to Trauma is especially important for families to manage the stress of very tough times. Why? It’s hard enough for adults to cope with traumatic events or situations. When infants and children experience serious stress, it can hurt growth and development and impact relationships and ways of coping throughout life. By using a supportive, strengths-based approach, parents can help build resilience to manage difficult experiences or situations –– for themselves and their children.
Talking to Kids about Economic Downturn and the Pandemic
Talking to Kids about Economic Downturn and the Pandemic 2020 was the “Year of Explaining”: “Mom, why can’t we go see Grandma?” “Why do I have to wear a mask?” “Why can’t I visit my best friend?” And now, as we enter the challenges of 2021, we might find ourselves...