Look for the helpers
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ To this day, especially in times of ‘disaster,’ I remember my mother’s words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world.” Mr. Rogers
How to help children grieve
“Let the children take some time to deal with their own internal questions, and their internal grief, and then they’re going to ask these questions, and ask the hard questions … and they need to. And the big one – Why? – you won’t have the answer. As much of an eloquent talker you are as a parent, it’s time to be an eloquent listener.” Bob Rider, Dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences, University of Tennessee, and quoted by Gerald Witt, reporter at the Knoxville News Sentinel