By Dana Larsen, The Daily Reporter, March 22, 2020
STORM LAKE ― Stressful situations often cause kids to worry, even if they don’t show it. They will have questions about the changes taking place in their world. A confident and calm approach to coronavirus will help ease kids’ worries and make them feel secure, says Pam Bogue of Buena Vista County Public Health.
“We know traumatic things do affect them ― and this could be a trauma especially if children see parents having issues coping with the anxiety and stress themselves,” she said. “More studies even in the last five or 10 years have shown how the traumas that kids experience at a young age can affect them all through their lives.”
In mental health circles, they are called ACEs ― adverse childhood experiences. The local public health workers have received extra training in the area.
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