My 7 year old has been worried about floods since he saw the news

moss_chai_382911 Jul 2026

He saw pictures of flooded roads on the TV news at breakfast last week. Since then he asks every evening if our building will flood, whether the school van can swim, and where we will sleep if water comes in. We're on the fourth floor. I've told him that. It doesn't help, he just asks again the next day. At work I'd know what to say to someone else's child. With my own I keep over-explaining. What has worked for you?

1 comment

violet_hammock_634411 Jul 2026
Turn off the news at breakfast. Simple.
- plum_camera_119011 Jul 2026
  Easier said. Ours hear it on the van driver's radio and from older kids in the school bus line. You can't switch off everything.
- pebble_quilt_624611 Jul 2026
  Replying to @plum_camera_1190
  or watch it with him and show him on a map where it flooded and where you live. worked for my daughter at that age, mostly. she still checks the rain apps but she stopped asking where we'd sleep