How To Help Ease Your Child's Fear of Storms

6/23/2021 (Permalink)

How to calm children during storms

It's that time of year here in the Midwest, the chance of severe storms and/or tornadoes are normal. Some children are scared of the storm itself, but also what can happen during a storm and the aftermath of the storm. The possibility of flooding, a tree falling on their house, car accidents, lightning striking their home, or even windows breaking. It can be very scary for them. We wanted to talk about children can have fears of storms, any kind of storm.

Some tips to help you ease your children’s fear of storms.

1. Acknowledge their fear, talk about it
2. Explain what the storm is? What’s going on?
3. Teach them a safety routine, EDUCATE THEM
4. Provide extra comfort/stay together
5. Stay calm, children are so observant
6. Keep them busy
7. Make a snack
8. BE HONEST

Let them know there are always people to help if disaster strikes, at home, work, or school. SERVPRO of the Quad Cities offers full-service capabilities with 24/7 service, we will respond quickly to assess the amount of damage and options to clean it up. "Like it never even happened."

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