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Talking to children about mass shootings

By Tamara Port

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Posted: February 4, 2020

A colleague wrote this article today about talking with your children about mass shootings . Never a topic any parent wanted to have to discuss but we can’t afford not to. Our children need to be heard, and to feel understood. The post Talking to...

Play therapy can help children process divorce

By Tamara Port

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Posted: February 4, 2020

Play therapy can help children cope with divorce. Even in the most amicable of separations, children feel the effects of divorce. They experience the stress of their parents, as well as their own anxiety and fears, whether conscious or unconscious, about a number of questions....