How to Talk to Children if There has Been an Emergency in Your Community
Ways to help children understand emergencies:
- Talk about “big feelings”
- Explain what happened using age-appropriate words
- Let children ask questions and learn about the answers together
Conversation Starters
Ways to help children feel safe:
- Look for the helpers
- Create supply kits and emergency plans
- Be a helper – empower children to be helpers by being kind, donating food/supplies or volunteering