Children Need Help Coping With Disaster Natural disasters may cause stress for people of all ages, but adults need to realize children may need extra help in coping with a natural disaster.
Children have trouble understanding what the disaster is and why it happens.
When children have experienced a natural disaster, parents and other adults should encourage them to express their feelings. They may choose to express their feelings through talking or playing. Also take time to talk to children about your own feelings. Children may feel at fault for the disaster. Parents should reassure them that they are not responsible for what occurred.