The reader wants to know how to talk to a child about when parents quarreled violently at home. Child psychiatrist Janna Rantala emphasizes how serious this is.
The article is part of a series of stories in which child psychiatrist Janna Rantala answers questions from readers. He writes his answers on a general level without knowing the reader’s situation in more detail.
My child got into the middle of a parent dispute that turned violent. Fortunately, it was an isolated incident, but it shocked him greatly. How do I talk to my child about the situation? He has spoken to it a few times a week in the evenings while I sleep on him. I find that I am missing the right kind of words and phrases for the situation. I have no experience dealing with violence with a child. The child is in kindergarten and under preschool age. How to deal with a small child?
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