Tip #5- Parents – take care of yourself as well as your children. If you are fearful and beginning to see signs of panic, get help for yourself and your children will be the beneficiaries. Commentary by Margaret Murchan, LCSW
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Tip #4- Be realistic. Do the best you can. Don’t give up on the job search. Your child will see this and will feel that you are actively working to find a job and you will be modeling competence and determination. Commentary by Margaret Murchan, LCSW
Tip #3- Try not to over do it Too much comfort or indulging of children can have the opposite effect. For example, when a teen is afraid to sleep in their own bed, an alternative is to go back to their bed with them until they settle into sleep. To have them sleep in your […]
Tip #2- Teens and children can feel they have some control over the situation when they can do something to help. They can learn to make home-made gifts for birthdays. In fact, sometimes those end up being the most precious for parents. Commentary by Margaret Murchan, LCSW
As adults we certainly have concerns over the current the effect on our own household budget. We have had to scrimp and save and have even had to work hard to keep our jobs. So how do we help our children during this tough time? how do we keep them somewhat sheltered from the grim […]
Another factor is separating out sadness and depression. Sadness (or grief) is a natural response to loss and the symptoms may seem the same as depression. The major difference with depression is that the person feels that there is something wrong with themselves, “no one likes me, there is something wrong with me.” That usually […]