When talking to children about scary topics in the news, hear them out, educate appropriately, limit visual media, and plan ...

Tori Spelling, who shares five kids with ex Dean McDermott, shared her harrowing story of evacuating the Los Angeles ...

If you’re still worried you might accidentally make it too scary, West suggests using this analogy when talking to kids who don’t need to evacuate: “We’re not in danger, but fires can be ...

"The more traditional approach was, for some kids, really dysregulating and even (caused) some psychological trauma for them," she said. "If they're so stress-activated they can't integrate ...

Use the acronym HELP to remind yourself how to talk to kids about scary events in the news. Yes, it's harder when we're scared ourselves, but if we follow the HELP method, we can do it!