"Will there be war here too?", "Can we also die?".
Here are some of the questions young children may ask their parents since February 21, the day Vladimir Putin declared war on Ukraine.
If their daily life is not upset by the news, the little ones hear the comments of adults about dramatic events and can feel them animated, preoccupied.
However, children are permeable to what is happening in adults.
Without forgetting the images of war on which they can come across, the discussions in the schoolyard.
Of course, the teaching staff will put words to the dreadful, but what about at home?
Agnès Florin (1), professor emeritus of child psychology and education at the University of Nantes, insists: without causing anxiety, it is essential to use the right words and to tell the truth to to reassure.
It also invites you to use…
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