Cyclones and floods are terrifying and unpredictable, write Psychologists Elizabeth Westrupp and Emma Marshall The stress of ensuring your family’s safety, worrying about what might happen and then coping with the aftermath can feel overwhelming. Some parents are also managing kids and young people through the crisis. You...
‘Would you like lunch? Can I clean out the chook house?’ Mel Taylor and Barbara Ryan look at what people need after disaster strikes. The floods ravaging Victoria have destroyed hundreds of homes and left at least one person dead. Some rivers are not expected to...
Floods, fires and other natural disasters can come when we least expect and the Red Cross is working to prepare parents to safeguard their children in advance. The plight of a mother struggling to sanitise baby bottles in a bushfire evacuation centre toilet is contributing to...
Helping kids recover in the aftermath of bush fires, cyclones, floods or other natural disasters is a challenge for the whole family. The Salvation Army have put together some tips for helping your children after a natural disaster. Kids can be particularly vulnerable following a natural...
