How to Share Bad News with Your Kids-Children’s therapist Ce Eshelman provides tips for concerned parents

The world is such a scary place right now...mass shootings while people are dancing in a nightclub, police (the "good guys") shooting people, police being shot by former soldiers ("good guys"), a madman with an ax swinging it at passengers on a train in Germany, trucks plowing into people, including children, in France, airports and then the entire country under siege in Turkey, etc.  Even the Republican nominee for President of the United States has said "we should bomb the S*** out of them", in referring to terrorists. The stories are inescapable, the fear and anxiety are palpable.  If a parent's number one job is to keep their kids safe, how can you honestly do that in today's world?  How do you talk to your kids about topics like these?  Or, do you talk to your kids about them at all?  

Children's therapist Ce Eshelman has decades of experience working with parents and their kids, including those who've experienced the added trauma of the foster care and adoption system.  Founder and CEO of The Attach Place Center for Strengthening Relationships in Sacramento, CA, Ce has been in practice since 1987. She works every day with adopted children and their parents. Raising her two adopted children into adulthood has given her the insight, humor, and hard-earned wisdom to write with authority and love.  Her book for foster and adoptive parents, Drowning With My Hair on Fire, is a must-use resource tool for navigating the choppy waters of being an adoptive parent.  

Get insight from Ce Eshelman on:

-What to tell (or not tell) your kids about the stories in the news

-What's age appropriate in these difficult times to discuss and why

-If "bad news" generally easier for girls or boys

-If it's ever OK to lie to kids to help ease their fears

-Her Top Three Tips on Giving Kids Bad News

Contact Allen Media Strategies Sabrina Berman by calling (703) 589-8960 or email Sabrina@allenmediastrategies.com.  Reviewer copies of Ce's book are also available upon request.