Here for Each Other Family Guide: Wildfires
This family guide has tips and activities that offer comfort and reassurance before, during, or after a wildfire.
Whether you’re directly impacted by a wildfire or living with the threat of wildfire around you, you have the power to soothe and comfort your child and help them feel safer. Meeting children’s questions with honesty lets them know that there are trusted grown-ups who will take care of them no matter what. Read this guide and explore ways to explain wildfires, remind children about all the people helping, and bring a little calm into your day.
Self-Care: During & After a Crisis
When we care for ourselves, we’re better able comfort and protect children.
Support After a Hurricane or Other Emergency
In the most challenging times, there's still a lot you can do to comfort and protect children.
Offering Comfort in Scary Times
Ways to comfort children through scary times.
A Hurricane Comes to Sesame Street
Just like Big Bird’s friends help him rebuild his nest after a hurricane, you can help rebuild your child’s sense of safety and security.
Here For Each Other
You can use children’s questions as a springboard for conversation and comfort.
