by Erainna Winnett, EdS
Has your child suffered a traumatic event like the death of a relative, friend, or pet, or witnessed something terrible?
Not sure what’s going on with your child but need help getting to the heart of the matter?
If you answered yes to either of these questions, then A Brighter Tomorrow can help you and your child!
Sometimes, traumatic events affect the lives of children, and parents can feel powerless to help. It could be the death of a loved one, the loss of a home, or witnessing violence (in and out of the home). Many times, parents are dealing with their own feelings after such an event as well. Sometimes what adults may not see as tragic can still create overwhelming fear or sadness in a child. If you are worried about how to help a child process such an event, this activity book is a valuable tool to help your children process their feelings and deal with traumatic issues they may face in the 21st century.
Using A Brighter Tomorrow, parents can work directly with their children (ages 6 to 10) to help them understand more about their emotions, needs, and strengths as they navigate traumatic events as well as other emotional times in their lives.
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By spending just ten minutes a day engaged with the more than thirty activities in this book, your child will learn to identify how an event has affected them and how to feel safe processing their feelings.
What parents are saying...
Our home was destroyed in a fire a couple of years ago. I’m a single mom and feel like I can’t be sad or scared in front of my kids. This book has helped me talk to them about the fire and the things we lost and we’ve all gotten so much closer together as we feel safe to talk about our feelings, all of our feelings, together.
Ever since my seven-year-old son’s school started ‘active shooter drills,’ he won’t sleep in his room and has a lot of nightmares. I’ve tried to get him to talk about his feelings, but he gets angry and starts acting out. A friend pointed out A Brighter Tomorrow to me, and we’ve been working in it for the past month. It’s so hard to hear him talk about what might happen in school, but it’s made such a difference that he feels like he can tell me what he’s afraid of and we can talk through what he’s feeling and how he can feel safer.
My mother unexpectedly died last year, and my kids, who are eight and ten years old, were very close to her. They used to go to her house right after school every day, and she’d do activities with them, like taking them on nature walks or reading or drawing. The girls had to start going to an after school program since then and were spending most of their time there playing quietly by themselves. The facilitator shared A Brighter Tomorrow with me, and we’ve been doing the activities together after I pick them up each evening. They are now playing with the other kids and engaging in group activities. They’ve even made some new friends and have been going on playdates with them. They still miss their grandmother a lot, but they are not as afraid of moving on. Thank you.
Get started today and help your child learn to process feelings to help heal from trauma.
| Topics: | Trauma |
| ISBN: | 9780615983578 |
| Page count: | 40 |
| Recommended ages: | Ages 6 through 10 |
| Grade level: | Grades K through 5 |
| Printed in: | USA |
