#37 How to Talk with Kids about World Events

How comfortable are you talking about sad or scary world events? Maybe you are very open in your family. Maybe you don't know where to start. But thinking about your children and building their tolerance for the hard things that happen in the world, you'll want to be in tune to your child's readiness. In this episode, I break down why showing your children how to find answers is the ultimate key to helping your kids feel safe in the world. I want you to feel so grounded talking about it and to start building your child's distress tolerance so they don't feel alone in the hard things. Grab your copy of my new PDF download, Conversation Starters: How to Talk with Your Kids About Scary Things. It gives you question prompts and small scripts to facilitate connecting conversations. It's the truest shortcut to being able to talk about hard things! In this episode you will discover: How to start the conversation, the soft "lead ins". How to take your child's emotional or sensitivity temperature. Why you need to be the first one in on these conversations. Why talking about it is so important. How to know if your child feels safe, moving forward. My goal is to give you some strategies, even some question prompts and scripts to work through with your kids to help them build some resilience skills and distress tolerance, and some connection with you when they are faced with world events that are sad. I'm passionate about helping prepare children to be emotionally resilient, especially during hard times. And I love helping you show up in your parenting and giving you practical solutions so can start meaningful conversations that build closeness and some resiliency.