column-by-dr.-nancy-alvarez:-children-and-war-on-tv,-what-to-do?Column by Dr. Nancy Alvarez: Children and war on TV, what to do?

My friend Michel, who is responsible for being read in many parts of the world, asks me something: “Nancy, it would be good if you talked about the war between Israel and Hamas. How do we explain to children what they are watching on television? How to manage your fears?”

Such a problem, in a world where everything is on TV, networks and terrible newscasts. If I see them, I make sure to record them and play them later, with the TV remote in hand. So that? So I can sleep if I see them at night. So, from the moment a child comes out covered in blood, a desperate grandfather hugging his dead grandson, etc., I give it all my strength until the next interesting thing they say.

Here I do not use what he said in “Who is right”, where he exhorted people to throw control into the trash bin (where garbage is thrown). Only Oscar Haza, on Mega TV, controls this and respects what serious journalism should be (Pedro Sevcec, too). Discussing with height and objectivity about so many tragedies that harass us is the end; not that yellow press that keeps us awake and damages our mental health.

So, we recommend the following:

-Talk to your children, even more so if they are children. Communicate, depending on your age. Listen to them and encourage them to express what they feel and fear. Ask them what they think about the war and give them emotional support. If they are afraid, let them express what they feel and, depending on their age, explain to them that in this world, full of violence, we have learned to solve everything in that wrong way.

By Scribe