Caring for your Child in Crisis Situations
Original Publication Date:
October 7, 2025
Last Updated:
October 7, 2025
Estimated Read Time:
< 1 minute
The Caring for your Child in Crisis Situation booklet aims to help parents in crisis situations who are concerned about their children’s wellbeing, to support themselves and their children understand and cope with reactions, manage challenges they may be facing, and how to stay connected as a family. Examples of specific topics are safety, dealing with bereavement, providing warmth and support, giving praise, spending time together and talking, encouraging good behavior, and dealing with fighting and aggression.
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