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The World Is Messy and Ugly. Do My Kids Need to Know?
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Episode The World Is Messy and Ugly. Do My Kids Need to Know?
On this episode: Zak, Jamilah and Elizabeth help a listener who’s struggling with a deep pessimism about the state of this country — and he wants to make sure that his kids have some hope to hold onto.
We also go over our week in parenting triumphs and fails. Then, if you’re sticking around for Slate Plus, we’ll share some strategies for explaining the war in Gaza to kids – and hopefully not frightening them in the process.
On that topic, here are some resources that our hosts wanted to share:
• From the New York Times: What I Told My Daughter About The War • From NPR: How to talk to children about the violence in Israel and Gaza • From The National Child Traumatic Stress Network: Talking to Children about War
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- https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/14/opinion/gaza-israel-war-children.html
- https://www.npr.org/2023/10/11/1205017249/how-to-talk-to-children-violence-israeli-palestinian-gaza-hamas
- https://www.nctsn.org/sites/default/files/resources/fact-sheet/talking-to-children-about-war.pdf
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