AmericanDad.com Now Offers Tips For Parents
on How to Talk to Kids About Terrorism
Boston, MA (PRWEB) August
4, 2005 -- In these days of terrorist activities children are increasingly
bombarded with inescapable negative information and images. Parents can
help their children deal with this negative information by communicating
with them. By logging on to www.AmericanDad.com, parents can read newly
posted tips and learn how to talk to their children about the sobering
facts of terrorism in today's world – and help them feel better.
AmericanDad's child psychologist and trauma specialists, Kim Kolton and
Kevin Creeden, provide steps any parent can undertake to help children
feel comforted and safe. By staying actively involved in the discussions
about what children might have seen or heard, parents can help them understand
what is going on and how to cope.
The articles, broken down by age groups, provide practical advice on steps
that a parent can take to:
* Increase children's sense of safety
* Minimize the potential for children being over stimulated by news events
* Incorporate every day life events as lessons to help children understand
what is going on
* Help children understand that his or her safety, and that of your own,
is being protected by many public and law enforcement officials and people
who work hard to keep them safe every day
“As parents we are being extremely naive if we think these types
of events have no impact on our children. Discussing the issue with your
kids is an important part of making them feel safe and we feel these articles
will prove helpful," says AmericanDad.com CEO, Peter Demers. Demer
also notes that “you may actually find in discussing the issue with
your kids that they have a better understanding than yourself.”
About AmericanDad.com
AmericanDad.com is a site specifically designed for guys with kids. The
site provides content authored by experts and "real" Dads across
a number of categories that are intended to help Dads spend more time
and build stronger relationships with their kids. In addition to the content,
AmericanDad.com gives advertisers an opportunity to provide targeted ads
to this active consumer demographic.
For more information, contact: Peter F. Demers , 617-259-1512, www.americandad.com