After the terrible murder in Graz there is a lot of shock throughout the country – also at Rat on Wire, the emergency number of Austria for children and adolescents. Experts from parent page. AT and emergency number 147 have put together some tips on how parents can best accompany their children in this situation.
“We are stunned. Our thoughts and our hearts are with all the victims and their relatives,” says Rat at WRAHT director Nora Deinhammer. Young people in particular are often in shock after such events.
Experts give parents advice
Parents are also often overwhelmed by this situation: how do you talk to your own children about it? How can you support them as well as possible?
Talk openly to your children
Hide or trivialize nothing, but explain what happened honestly and objectively. Uncertainty is only more afraid. According to the Sastk, children would feel like parents hide something – and that was the worst. Parents can also show their own feelings without changing the children.
All feelings are allowed
Sadness, fear, anger or frustration – everything is fine. Each child treats such events individually. Take these feelings seriously and do not play them. This is the only way to better process children.
To ask
Answer honest and age -fitting. If you don’t know anything yourself, admit it openly. Children younger than ten should not just look at news programs. Here it is advisable to obtain child -friendly information together. Daily newspapers now offer content that is prepared for children on such topics.
Can such a thing happen at my school?
This question concerns many children – and causes fear. Satke calms: “Fortunately, such results are still the exception. If children are still scaring these reports, it is very important to talk about it. This often helps to reduce anxiety a bit.”
Take news breaks consciously
The media often do not report on such events for days. It is important to treat yourself to an interruption of the flood of news. A walk, a board game or just a conversation can help go down again.
“Experience has shown that we get a few phone calls from young people on emergency number 147 who are afraid that something like that can also happen to you in the vicinity of or at your school,” explains Brigit Satke, head of the advisory team.
Get support
Fear and uncertainties are completely normal – also for adults. If you need support, you should not hesitate: parent page. At personal advice for parents. For children and adolescents, emergency number 147 is the clock, free and anonymously available.
Several people died on Tuesday morning during an attack in a Graz school in the Lend District in Dreierschützengasse. Students and at least one adult belonged to the dead. The alleged perpetrator is also one of them.
Affected people are cared for in sports halls
The children and adolescents were partially taken to the nearby Helmut-List-Halle and took care of the crisis intervention team and the Red Cross. Family members who are worried about their children were sent to the Askö Hall that is not far away. That is now the contact point for parents.
Source: Krone
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