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Top 11 Parenting Questions Answered for Peace of Mind

 Top 11 Parenting Questions Answered for Peace of Mind

I don't know about all of you but August seemed to pass by in a flash. It feels like I blinked and all of a sudden we were in September. August also felt exhausting for me primarily because I spent a lot of the month thinking about the losses I have experienced thus far and looking forward to yet another season without much change or clarity around my family and me.

Many schools, companies and media networks reached out last month for my expertise. I was both humbled and overwhelmed by the task. But I felt a great sense of gratitude that I could be that source of information for so many. I have put together the questions that seemed to repeat in all of these spaces and I want to share them with you:

Dealing with Children's Fears and The News

Dealing with Children's Fears and The News

I was recently a guest on Telemundo’s national morning show Un Nuevo Dia and was asked to help their TV audience process the previous day’s terrorist attacks in Brussels with their children.  Here is the script, since I feel that this is relevant information for all families.

Q1: When a terrorist attack occurs, the instinct of the majority of families is to keep the television on at home. If there are children in fear, what is the right thing to do?
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