"Today my 2.5-year-old and his Dad were in a car accident… This happened around 1 PM today and my son has been talking about it and asking questions all evening. I'm trying to answer in simple clear terms but I feel over my head. It feels like a punch in the gut every time it comes up again."
So wrote one of our Ninja Parenting Community members over the summer. Scary stuff!
Helping her process her young child's trauma, and helping her through her own, has been a real focus of mine ever since.
So it seemed only right to share these lessons with you!
That way you'll be prepared if something traumatic happens that involves your children.
Tune in to find out 3 ways to help your young child process trauma - and read about these 3 ways, find the entire back catalog of the podcast, watch my recent YouTube video about how to make big parenting decisions, and check out lots more stuff at weturnedoutokay.com/242 ...
And thanks for listening!
378: "Selfish Generosity" with Garrison Cohen
377: Beyond "being overworked and not knowing how to stop"
376: How you are living your life, with author and teacher Shane Trotter
375: “I need to have fun. Otherwise, what’s the frigging point?” with Zovig Garboushian
374: "How do you want your kids to remember you?"
373: Quotes and poetry from last week's guests!
372: "How do we find our inner melody when we've got a garage band in our head all the time?"
371.5: Feed drop from Janine Halloran‘s wonderful podcast!
371: What do coaches do all day?
370: All you need is…
369: Not Play…
368: Not exhilaration…
367: Not creativity but…
366: A world where you can be anything
365: "What DOES matter to me?" Talking with Shari Medini of Adore Them Parenting today!
364: "ADHD is kind of a superpower" with Janine Halloran, Mom, Best-selling Author, and LMHC
363: “ I wasn’t bad inside. But bad kids rarely are." Talking with WAPO Parent Columnist Meghan Leahey
362: What's next?
361: "ADHD is not a result of parenting" – talking with pediatric occupational therapist Holly Peretz today!
360.5: Pandemic survivor's guilt
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