Links to helpful articles and resources:
 

The Parenting Place have some awesome videos to help parents talk with their children about the crisis we are facing.

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Practical steps to help parents coach their own children through some of the emotions happening around the lockdown.
 

Pause, hold, engage: a simple tool for complex problems

 

Helping Children With Scary News (by The Jesus Storybook author Sally Lloyd-Jones) and Talking to Kids About Coronavirus provide helpful tips for conversations rooted in hope. 

 

Breath Prayers for Anxious Times provides simple suggestions for how to use the ancient practice of meditative prayers during times of anxiety. Helpful for all ages. 

 

How to talk about trauma

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Feelings are ok - David Goodwin (book)
 

Take care of your children
 

Helping children manage stress

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Two lessons that develop emotional resilience

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Excellent aged based guides for parents:

Crisis Parent Conversation Guide -Pre Schoolers

Crisis Parent Conversation Guide -Primary school

Crisis Parent Conversation Guide -Intermediates

Crisis Parent Conversation Guide - High School

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