Explaining Tragedy To Children and Helping Those In Need

As we take in the images and try to grasp the devastation in East Africa and South Asia, what are our children going through as they see and hear about the lives lost and families being torn apart?

Is it possible to reassure your child at a time when you, yourself, are horrified by the images of intense pain and grief you see in the hearts and on the faces of parents half way around the world?

ModernMom.com contributor Chick Moorman offers his advice on how to explain world tragedy to children.

And, you can also help those in need by donating to programs that are already working with local groups to support relief efforts, such as:

Save the Children

The American Red Cross

Oxfam International

USA Freedom Corps

USAID

Include children in the decision to help those abroad and explain what the donation will do to aid the vicitims of tragedy.

January 03, 2005