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Republished from July 21, 2021 and originally published on Medium. This week, in the middle of election debate season, tangible climate crisis, pandemic return to school and continued racial and
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When The News Is Scary: Talking to Kids about Invasion of Ukraine | Deborah Farmer Kris | 4 Min Read
Sometimes, when the news is unsettling, we don’t know how to start talking about it with our kids. Or we simply avoid talking about it at all. The day after