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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids are resilient and will deal with it, just like we will.[/quote]

Hi, this is actually not the case for permanent life changes. [/quote]

Hi, so you don't think kids ever get over divorce, losing a limb, someone dying? Because they do, and those are definitely permanent life changes.[/quote]

Not the pp and I don’t necessarily agree with their statement but I don’t agree with your examples either. I don’t actually think kids DO “get over” any of those things listed - they of course adapt, they grieve on and off over their life, they find ways to move through life and have a joyful one but it certainly affects how they see the world, always. Likely will be the same for our kids. Of course the majority of those kids with access to resources through this will be just fine - but the lens with which they see the world will be altered by this. And while kids are resilient, they are also particularly sensitive to trauma because of their developmental stages so it effects each kid differently depending on their developmental stage. That’s not to be doom and gloom about this - almost all kids will experience some large world events that will impact their world view at some point. This is one of those for our kids and I do think we have a role to play in helping them process these things. Kids are resilient IF they have the right supports.[/quote]

I'm the PP who gave those examples and I should have used the exact wording of the first post which is that kids "will deal with it." You agreed that they certain "deal with" those things by adapting, but the second PP argued that kids never deal with permanent life changes, and that is false.[/quote]

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