Talking to Children About Tragedy

Talking to Children About Tragedy

Death of children on a soccer pitch in Golan Heights Fatal knife attack on children in Southport A helicopter crash in Co. Westmeath The news cycle for the last 48 hours has been grim, to say the least. This post was originally written follow Cresslough tragedy, but...
Talking to Children About Tragedy

Talking to Children About Tragedy

Today’s Blog should have been about Gratitude, always appropriate when our media feeds are peppered with Thanksgiving messages from friends or families across the pond.  But given the events of this afternoon, it’s a better day to revisit this from the...
Talking to Children About Tragedy

Talking to Children About Tragedy

I was racing and distracted this morning, and as we were getting into the car to run over to do the GAA check-in, T. heard part of a radio bulletin before I quickly switched it off.  Later that morning, T:  “What happened that exploded in Donegal?” T. and I had a chat...