{"id":3037,"date":"2022-04-25T09:34:11","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T09:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/healthierminds\/?page_id=3037"},"modified":"2024-08-06T14:01:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T14:01:18","slug":"advice-on-talking-to-children-and-young-people-about-the-conflict-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/healthierminds\/talking-about-events-in-ukraine\/advice-on-talking-to-children-and-young-people-about-the-conflict-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Advice for Talking about War and Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It can be difficult to know how to speak to children and young people about the events happening in different parts of the world.\u00a0 The links below aim to provide some advice and a starting point to navigate some of these difficult conversations around war and conflict.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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How To Talk To Your Child About The War In Ukraine | YoungMinds<\/a><\/div>\n
Right now, it\u2019s difficult to get away from the news, but encourage them to reflect on how they\u2019re feeling and think about things they can do, both to help the situation if they want to, and to make themselves feel safer and less worried.<\/div>\n
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How to talk to your teenager about the invasion of Ukraine: tips for parents and carers – Parents’ Toolkit – BBC Bitesize<\/a><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>Tips from a clinical psychologist on how you can talk to your teen about war and help them to manage any anxieties they might have.<\/div>\n
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https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/parenting\/how-talk-your-children-about-conflict-and-war<\/a><\/p>\n

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How to talk to your children about conflict and war | UNICEF Parenting<\/a><\/p>\n

8 tips on how to approach the conversation with your child and to provide them with comfort and support.<\/p>\n

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7 tips on how to help your child discuss and understand upsetting news – BBC Bitesize<\/a><\/p>\n

More tips on discussing upsetting news with children and young people.<\/p>\n

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More useful links to support discussions on recent events with children and young people:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t avoid discussing Hamas-Israel conflict with children, say experts | Children | The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday briefing: Explaining conflict to young people is hard \u2013 but can help with their resilience | World news | The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n

Statement from Anna Freud on Israel-Gaza | Anna Freud<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It can be difficult to know how to speak to children and young people about the events happening in different parts of the world.\u00a0 The links below aim to provide some advice and a starting point to navigate some of these difficult conversations around war and conflict.   https:\/\/www.youngminds.org.uk\/parent\/blog\/top-tips-for-talking-to-your-young-person-about-the-events-in-ukraine\/ How To Talk To Your Child … Continue reading Advice for Talking about War and Conflict<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38121,"featured_media":0,"parent":2970,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3037","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/healthierminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/healthierminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/healthierminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/healthierminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/healthierminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3037"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/healthierminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3972,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/healthierminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3037\/revisions\/3972"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/healthierminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/healthierminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}