First, an apology.
I truly had planned to send a weekly FriYAY on Friday, October 6th. It was a busy week, I was trying to get a lot of things done as I was planning for a big trip and, I kinda missed it.
I walk my talk about not beating oneself up and taking care of the care taker. "Not to worry!" I thought. "How fun would it be for people to get a SunYAY instead of a FriYAY?!"
And then there was the horrendous terrorist attack on Israel Saturday morning, October 7th. It was not appropriate to send any kind of "YAY."
This past Friday, October 13th, I just wasn't in the
mood to send a FriYAY... and I hope, but am not counting on it tomorrow (Friday the 20th). We do need light and joy in our lives, but I'm not sure a FriYAY is the way I will do it just yet.
What I will do instead, is send
a series of tips helping you be able to talk to your children in the weeks to come as this attack and the world's response/lack of response will be in the news for a while.
Today will be the first part of at least two or three
tips about
Talking To Your Children in Scary Times
In the past two weeks, I have had parents calling me to ask what they should tell their children about the recent terrorist attacks in Israel.
Children don't understand what has
happened
or why it has happened.
Quite frankly, neither do most adults.
There are no words and no answers when something happens as unfathomable as the terrorist events that unfolded in Israel on October 7th, 2023.
Parents have so many thoughts and feelings of their own swirling through their heads, it can be hard to make sense of why this happened and what to say to children.
Depending on their child's age, my response has been a little
different, but there are some things that can apply to all ages. Here are a few ideas for you to start with - they are more detailed in my blog. There will be more available soon.