Parenting Resources

Our local communities are hurting. When young lives are lost, it leaves parents searching for answers and wondering how to help their children make sense of something so heavy. One question we hear again and again here at Family Guidance and Outreach is: How do I talk to my child about suicide?

By the end of adolescence, around 75% of kids will have faced a traumatic event. Trauma isn’t rare — but how we help kids cope can make all the difference in their healing.

When disaster strikes, the emotional impact can be overwhelming. For children, the confusion, fear, and grief can be especially difficult to process. In the wake of the devastating Hill Country floods, Family Guidance and Outreach’s Education Specialist John Kirby had an in-depth conversation with Adriana McKinnon, Chief Program Officer of the Children’s Bereavement Center of South Texas, to discuss how caregivers can support children through unimaginable loss.