Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
Sacramento, CA
After the events that followed in Orlando, reactions were widespread in the country; including anxiety and fear of life. Scott Jensen, associate professor and chair of University of the Pacific’s Department of Psychology, joins us on Insight to focus on the communication between parent and child following a tragedy.
He explains how children can pick up on a parent if they’re withholding information from them which gives children anxiety. His advice to those parents is to be straightforward and answer the questions children ask directly to minimize anxiety.