Indirect Disasters May Directly Affect Teens
September 08, 2017
Huntsville, AL - September 8, 2017 - If you’re the parent of an anxiety-ridden child or not, you may want to turn off the news when your child is within earshot. However safe your family is from three hurricanes barreling toward the Gulf and East Coast, today’s 24-hour news cycle may set in motion negative behaviors related to Secondary Traumatic Stress. For parents unfamiliar with anxiety, it might be difficult to recognize negative behavior as a symptom of intense anxiety.
Because their brains are still maturing, children and teens have a difficult time expressing feelings so their outward response to trauma may not mirror what is occurring inside their head. Parents are often unaware that their child is impacted by natural disasters that are hundreds of miles away.