As anxiety and depression rates have soared among young Americans, educators and advocates say children's books can play a role in helping them cope.
By CLAIRE SAVAGE, Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO — As the new school year swings into gear, some students carry heavier worries than keeping up with homework: Demand has been growing steadily for children's books that address traumatic events such as school shootings.
People are also reading… One book,"I'm Not Scared … I'm Prepared," was reprinted several times to meet demand after the massacre at Uvalde's Robb Elementary School in May, according to the National Center for Youth Issues, the nonprofit group that published the book. The story, first published in 2014, features a teacher who shows children what to do when a"dangerous someone" is in their school.
Michele Gay, whose 7-year-old daughter Josephine was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, turned to children's books herself to help her two surviving daughters. One picture book she read to them was"The Ant Hill Disaster," about a boy ant who is afraid to go back to school after it is destroyed.
It's important to be aware of whether children are aware of or feeling stress about frightening things in the news, said Aryeh Sova, a Chicago psychologist who works with children who attended the July 4 parade in suburban Highland Park, Illinois, where seven people were killed in a shooting. A child asking lots of questions about an event may signify that they are anxious or fixated on it, he said.
Some young children experience gun violence at alarmingly high rates, particularly in communities of color.
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