In recent weeks, almost every family has faced the influence of the news agenda on their lives. Some regularly read the news, others engage in heated debates in the kitchen, on the phone and on social media, and still others even quarrel with loved ones over differences of opinion. How to explain this to children?
No matter how actively we react to what is happening around us, children still notice our condition. Every parent has asked themselves the following questions at least once in the last month:
How to explain to children what is happening in the country and the world? Is it worth doing it at all?
Is it possible to demonstrate one’s own insecurity and despondency, or does it threaten to lose credibility?
How to teach a child to form his own position in an era of polar opinions and not make him a victim of informational noise?
What if the position of the school teacher does not coincide with the position of the family?
How to continue communication with your beloved grandparents if you sharply disagree?
The problem is that if an adult is still able to critically comprehend what is happening, distinguish fakes from objective information and not succumb to emotional pressure from acquaintances, then a child, due to little life experience, does not have this skill completely. And the very fact of the existence of polar opinions at the same time, often within the circle of close people, can at least hurt him greatly.
In the longer term, life in a multipolar ideologically colored world without clear guidelines can lead to a host of other serious problems: the destruction of parent-child ties, the inability to form one’s own position, problems with trust and affection, and empathy.