How to Talk to Kids about Tough Topics
Caring adults can help kids learn coping and resilience-building techniques to help them face tough challenges like divorce, foster care, grief, and more.
Featured Topics
Explore these topics for tons of resources that help kids (and parents!)
Displacement and Resettlement
Families resettling after conflict or crisis cope with big changes and challenges. They can use our resources for support.
Traumatic Experiences
Traumatic experiences like poverty or hunger can hold back children in critical ways. Caring adults hold the power to help.
Grief
Help kids grieve the loss of a loved one. With love and support, children can learn to cope with loss and start to heal.
Explore all of our topics and subtopics to find the resources you need.
Coronavirus
When a health emergency brings change and uncertainty to a child’s life, there are things we can do to face each day with optimism and hope.
For Frontline Families
How can we help essential workers and their families cope and thrive?
Learning and Working from Home
How to make the most of “inside days” when you’re working from home with kids.
Talking About Covid-19
Answer your child’s questions and concerns about COVID-19.
Divorce
Separation or divorce means lots of changes, but love, comfort, and care can help children adjust and cope with family trauma.
Emergencies
Your family can gather supplies to build an emergency kit and prepare for emergencies in many other easy ways.
Foster Care
As an adult involved in foster care, you have a big job: rebuilding family structures and children’s sense of safety and personal stability.
Grief
Help kids grieve the loss of a loved one. With love and support, children can learn to cope with loss and start to heal.
Homelessness
Losing a home brings enormous challenges, but families are strong and, with the right support, can build a better future.
Incarceration
A caring adult’s love and support can help children cope with the absence of an incarcerated family member.
Military Families
We’re here to help equip families with child-friendly tools to tackle the unique challenges of military life.
Military Caregiving
When a loved one needs extra support and home care assistance, it can mean big adjustments for everyone in the family. For military and veteran families, these transitions can mean a unique set of challenges.
Parental Addiction
Resources and support for families struggling with a parent’s addiction.
Displacement and Resettlement
Families resettling after conflict or crisis cope with big changes and challenges. They can use our resources for support.
Resources in Ukrainian
Матеріали українською.
Resources in Russian
Resettling after conflict or crisis can be a long, challenging process. Families can use our resources in Russian for support.
Resources in Pashto
Resettling after conflict or crisis can be a long, challenging process. Families can use our resources in Pashto for support.
Resources in Dari
Resettling after conflict or crisis can be a long, challenging process. Families can use our resources in Dari for support.
Traumatic Experiences
Traumatic experiences like poverty or hunger can hold back children in critical ways. Caring adults hold the power to help.
Veterans
When parents transition out of military service, so do kids. Work together as a team and offer support in any way you can.
Violence
Whether children are directly or indirectly exposed to violent events, there are ways to help them feel safer and more secure.
See our other categories to find even more resources for you, your family or the families you work with.
