This is how I explain the Ukraine war to my children

How do I declare war on my child?

Terrible images have reached us from Ukraine in the past few days. The war of aggression that Russia is waging against Ukraine naturally produces questions from our little ones about what is happening there at all. RADIO WMW psychology expert Kirsten Nies from Gescher knows how best to deal with it:

“Parents should wait and see what questions come from the children. How does the child feel about this? How does he feel about it?”

You can hear all of Kirsten Nies’ tips below:

Various explanations

child psychologist dr In an interview, Claus Rüdiger Haas listed various ways of explaining the war in Eastern Europe in the best and most comprehensible way for children – regardless of whether they are small children or young people. You can hear the interview with the specialist for child and adolescent psychiatry from Marl-Sinsen with our colleague Claudia Löhr here.

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