Sometimes scary things happen in our community—tragedies, threats and natural disasters. It is natural that kids have questions about the world around them, but navigating those conversations as caregivers can be difficult.
We have put together a list of resources that caregivers may find helpful when faced with tackling tough topics.
Books For Caregivers
- When the World Feels Like a Scary Place
- How the World is Making Our Children Mad and What to Do about it
- Helping Your Child with Loss, Change and Trauma: A Self-Help Guide for Parents
- Bringing Up Race: How to Raise a Kind Child in a Prejudiced World
- Parenting 4 Social Justice: Tips, Tools and Inspiration for Conversations & Action with Kids
- Social Justice Parenting: How to Raise Compassionate, Anti-racist, Justice-minded Kids in an Unjust World
Books For Children
- On The News: Our First Talk About Tragedy
- Something Bad Happened: A Kid's Guide To Coping With Events In The News
- Come With Me
- The Rabbit Listened
Online Resources For Children
- News Can Be Traumatizing. Here's How To Cope. - CBC Kids News