"I think that it's okay for adults to share, not in-depth, how we feel about what has happened, but we can validate those thoughts and feelings that kids might not be able to articulate."
"If you see that a child's sleep routine might be a little disruptive, they're having more nightmares or waking up a lot, that might be a symptom they're having difficulty processing,"
"It's really important to feel them, feel those feelings. The more you let yourself feel it, the more your brain is going to process those feelings."
A mass shooting at a child's birthday party in Stockton killed four people — three children aged 8, 9 and 14, and a 21-year-old — and injured eleven others, including another 9-year-old. Younger children may struggle to process trauma and require age-appropriate explanations and opportunities to ask questions. Caregivers should validate children's emotions and provide safe spaces for expression while watching for behavior changes such as altered appetite, disconnection, and disrupted sleep or nightmares. Adults commonly experience intense negative emotions and should allow themselves to feel those emotions to process them, while also setting limits and using coping strategies like gratitude.
Read at ABC30 Fresno
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]