`When Terrible Things Happen': Age-Appropriate Advice for Parents; One-of-a-Kind Guide Helps Parents Help Their Children in Troubled Times.You've done the very best you can to shield your toddler from the terrible images of recent disasters. But have you done enough? Even infants and toddlers can sense changes in adult behavior as adults react to the latest crisis. Parents the world over struggle to talk to their children about the tragedies in today's news or a crisis that looms in the family. Parents and caregivers have a unique resource to help them help their children: "When Terrible Things Happen," a booklet released jointly by the American Academy of Pediatrics The American Academy of Pediatrics ("AAP") is an organization of pediatricians, physicians trained to deal with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. Its motto is: "Dedicated to the Health of All Children. and Johnson & Johnson Pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. Institute, L.L.C. It offers simple, practical advice in age-appropriate categories: infant and toddler, preschool, school age and adolescent/teenager. "At different stages of development, children understand the world and how things happen in different ways," said the booklet's author, Dr. Lewis Leavitt Lewis Leavitt is Medical Director of the Waisman Center on Human Development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine. He is the husband of medical historian Judith Walzer Leavitt. , professor of pediatrics pediatrics (pēdēă`trĭks), branch of medicine dedicated to the attainment of the best physical, emotional, and social health for infants, children, and young people generally. at the University of Wisconsin School The Wisconsin school in economics was based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and played a prominent role in American economics in the first half of the 20th century. of Medicine. "'When Terrible Things Happen' helps parents and caregivers respond in a way that is best for each age and stage." For the full story and a photo, go to http://www.medialinkfeatures.com/home.aspx?Story=30241 -------------------------------------------------- ABOUT MEDIALINK FEATURES: Medialink Features provides free, ready-to-run, non-copyrighted news features, fillers and photos to newspaper and online editors. To download copy and photos, please visit http://www.medialinkfeatures.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: All copy and photography is available for free and unrestricted use with Medialink Features (MF) dateline attribution at·tri·bu·tion n. 1. The act of attributing, especially the act of establishing a particular person as the creator of a work of art. 2. . |
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